There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERWhen a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Not a day without a line.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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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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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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