There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
PLINY THE ELDERExample is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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 ELDEROur civilization depends largely on paper.
PLINY THE ELDERSimple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
PLINY THE ELDERThe enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
PLINY THE ELDERA dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature is fond of novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERSuch is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
PLINY THE ELDERThe most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
PLINY THE ELDERAmong these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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 ELDERWine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
PLINY THE ELDERWe ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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