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The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. - Pliny Elder Quotes

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Pliny Elder Quotes

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Certainty Life Pearls of Wisdom Roman Author

The master's eye is the best fertilizer. - Pliny Elder Quotes

The master's eye is the best fertilizer.

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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. - Pliny Elder Quotes

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment. - Pliny Elder Quotes

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately extinguished lamp is enough to cause a miscarriage. And to think that from such a frail beginning a tyrant or butcher may be born! You who trust in your physical strength, who embrace the gifts of fortune and consider yourself not their ward but their son, you who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you! - Pliny Elder Quotes

Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately extinguished lamp is enough to cause a miscarriage. And to think that from such a frail beginning a tyrant or butcher may be born! You who trust in your physical strength, who embrace the gifts of fortune and consider yourself not their ward but their son, you who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you!

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From the end spring new beginnings. - Pliny Elder Quotes

From the end spring new beginnings.

Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible. - Pliny Elder Quotes

Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.

The brain is the citadel of sense perception. - Pliny Elder Quotes

The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments. - Pliny Elder Quotes

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.

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