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Better do nothing than do ill.

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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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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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