We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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In wine there is health.
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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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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Not a day without a line.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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