A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
PLINY THE ELDERIt [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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