But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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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.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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