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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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the Elder Pliny
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More quotes by Pliny the Elder
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 enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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 happier the moment the shorter.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
Pliny the Elder
Truth comes out in wine.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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There is alas no law against incompetency no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the patients, and the doctor is the only person not punished for murder.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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 only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Hope is a working-man's dream.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
Pliny the Elder
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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