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.
PLINY THE ELDERGrief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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