Quote #2

He (Pliny the Elder) used to say that 'no book was so bad but that some good might be got out of it.'

More from Pliny the Younger

  1. An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
  2. That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.
  3. Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye...We put …
  4. His only fault is that he has no fault.

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