Our civilization depends largely on paper.
PLINY THE ELDERAccustom 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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