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.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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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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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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