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Pliny Quotes

«Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.»
Author: Pliny
«An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.»
Author: Pliny
«Truth comes out in wine.»
Author: Pliny
«The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.»
Author: Pliny
«Home is where the heart is.»
Author: Pliny
«In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.»
Author: Pliny
«The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.»
Author: Pliny
«The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.»
Author: Pliny
«Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.»
Author: Pliny
«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.»
Author: Pliny