How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERLet that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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