On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing is so unequal as equality.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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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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Home is where the heart is.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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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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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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