Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERAn object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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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No one is wise at all times.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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