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 ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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