True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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No one is wise at all times.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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 is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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