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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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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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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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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