True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
PLINY THE ELDERSimple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Chance is a second master.
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Not a day without a line.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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