Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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