It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Not a day without a line.
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