A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
PLINY THE ELDERIt 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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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.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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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 perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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