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 ELDERThe depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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The happier the moment the shorter.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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