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.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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