Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
PLINY THE ELDERFrom the end spring new beginnings.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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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 has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Lust 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.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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