I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
PLINY THE ELDERHome is where the heart is.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Chance is a second master.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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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 a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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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.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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