There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERMan alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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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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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Chance is a second master.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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