In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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