An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
PLINY THE ELDERLet that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Home is where the heart is.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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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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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Human nature craves novelty.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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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 brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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