His only fault is that he has no fault.
PLINY THE ELDERThe brain is the citadel of sense perception.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
PLINY THE ELDERWar should neither be feared nor provoked.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
PLINY THE ELDERIn the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is always something new out of Africa.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
PLINY THE ELDERThe only certainty is uncertainty
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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
PLINY THE ELDERI think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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.
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
PLINY THE ELDERLet that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERThis only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
PLINY THE ELDERNo book so bad but some part may be of use.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
PLINY THE ELDERThe most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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