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.
PLINY THE ELDERHis only fault is that he has no fault.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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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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Not a day without a line.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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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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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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