On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
PLINY THE ELDERTruth comes out in wine.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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