Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERIt 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Not a day without a line.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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