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 ELDERHuman nature is fond of novelty.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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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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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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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Chance is a second master.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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