….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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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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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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