Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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