His only fault is that he has no fault.
PLINY THE ELDERNature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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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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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Not a day without a line.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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