We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
PLINY THE ELDERNature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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