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Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

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Fear is a poor teacher to give lessons in virtue.

Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

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You don't seem to have won to triumph, but to triumph for having won.

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

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Many things are considered impossible before they have been done.

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

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The first denied favor cancels out all previous ones.

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

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The best thing that nature has given to man is the brevity of his life.

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

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There is no mortal who is sane at all times.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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A friendship that ends had never begun.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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No man is happy unless he believes himself to be so.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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I have regretted speaking, but never keeping silent.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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He who only lives for himself is dead to others.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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The man who doesn't know how to be silent also doesn't know how to speak.

Publius Syrus

Publius Syrus

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God looks at clean hands, not full ones.