Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
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equality
Nothing is so unequal as equality.
reputation shameful loses
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
wine truth-comes-out
Truth comes out in wine.
opportunity men shining
No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
way secure neighbour
Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
wine men water
The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
adversity men misfortunes
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
marriage education goal
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
men challenges audacity
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.
wine
In wine, there's truth.
dog fall wine
Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up, the fruit of trees fall off, the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled, hives of bees die, even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust, and a horrible smell fills the air; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison.
opportunity agriculture too-late
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.
spring new-beginnings ends
From the end spring new beginnings.
latin evil latin-proverb
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.