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 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 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.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
PLINY THE ELDERHow many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
PLINY THE ELDERMost men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERBut with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
PLINY THE ELDEROur youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
PLINY THE ELDERGrief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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.
PLINY THE ELDER….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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