There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERThis only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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