The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
PLINY THE ELDERCats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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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 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.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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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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