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.
PLINY THE ELDERMost men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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