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Hope is a working-man's dream.

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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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 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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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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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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late and again, that everything must be done at its proper season while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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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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No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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