There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERIn the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
PLINY THE ELDERChance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERMen are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
PLINY THE ELDERIn time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
PLINY THE ELDERWine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDERLust 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.
PLINY THE ELDERIn comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
PLINY THE ELDERNo one is wise at all times.
PLINY THE ELDERMan alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDERWine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDER