Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDERNot a day without a line.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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