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.
PLINY THE ELDERThe agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Truth comes out in wine.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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Not a day without a line.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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