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No one is wise at all times.
Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
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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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It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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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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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Hope is a working-man's dream.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm of Nature the sea is in many ways the most harmful to the stomach, with its great variety of dishes and tasty fish.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black those of Breotia are more red than black and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.
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