Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
PLINY THE ELDERMan is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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In wine there is health.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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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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