No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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