An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
PLINY THE ELDERCats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Not a day without a line.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Home is where the heart is.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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