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 ELDERLust 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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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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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Man 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.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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