Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERWhy is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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 has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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