Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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