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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Elder

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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Home is where the heart is.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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