Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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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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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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.
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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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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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