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His only fault is that he has no fault.

Pliny the Elder

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Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
Caius Plinius Secundus
Gaius P. Secundus
Caius P. Secundus
C. Plinius Secundus
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Many other means there be, that promise the foreknowledge of things to come: besides the raising up and conjuring of ghosts departed, the conference also with familiars and spirits infernal. And all these were found out in our days, to be no better than vanities and false illusions.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens, by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must conceive to be a deity, to be eternal, without bounds, neither created nor subject at any time to destruction. To inquire what is beyond it is no concern of man nor can the human mind form any conjecture concerning it.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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The graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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