In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Not a day without a line.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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