Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Not a day without a line.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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