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.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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In wine there is health.
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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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Chance is a second master.
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As 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.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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