As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Home is where the heart is.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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