Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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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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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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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