Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is always something new out of Africa.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks 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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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