How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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In wine there is health.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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