Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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