Our civilization depends largely on paper.
PLINY THE ELDERFrom the end spring new beginnings.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Not a day without a line.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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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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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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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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