Our civilization depends largely on paper.
PLINY THE ELDERMan is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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No one is wise at all times.
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Not a day without a line.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Chance is a second master.
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In 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.
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