As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
PLINY THE ELDERAs for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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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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The only certainty is uncertainty
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