How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERIn comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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