True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
PLINY THE ELDERAmong these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Not a day without a line.
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