There is always something new out of Africa.
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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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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