I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
PLINY THE ELDERIn time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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.
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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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