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Pliny the Elder
The brain is...
The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...
Nothing which we...
Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
Source: In Wisdom of the...
Hope is the...
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
True glory consists...
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to...
The lust of...
The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they...
No one is...
No one is wise at all times.
Source: 'Natural History' [Emerson said it too:...
Men are most...
Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.
Source: In
There is always...
There is always something new out of Africa.
Source: Natural History, VIII
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The happier the...
The happier the moment the shorter.
Source: In
Prosperity tries the...
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
Source: In