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 ELDERMany dishes bring many diseases.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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