On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
PLINY THE ELDERWe ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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