We live by reposing trust in each other.
PLINY THE ELDERFrom the end spring new beginnings.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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