It was the torch that people followed, whoever the barer may be.


Elder Featherstone

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Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and i...
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I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
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After I'm dead I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.
CATO THE ELDER
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDER
Home is where the heart is.
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It is a difficult matter to argue with the belly since it has no ears.
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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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CATO THE ELDER
It is thus with farming, if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work.
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The master's eye is the best fertilizer.
PLINY THE ELDER
In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.
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Grasp the subject, the words will follow.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.
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Lighter is the wound foreseen.
CATO THE ELDER
From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.
CATO THE ELDER
Anger so clouds the mind, that it cannot perceive the truth.
CATO THE ELDER
Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.
CATO THE ELDER
Cessation of work is not accompanied by cessation of expenses.
CATO THE ELDER
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
PLINY THE ELDER
Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first ti...
PLINY THE ELDER
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and i...
PLINY THE ELDER
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
PLINY THE ELDER
From the end spring new beginnings.
PLINY THE ELDER
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and i...
PLINY THE ELDER
Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
CATO THE ELDER
The pain behind these eyes run deep, I shelter it & keep it within; for these are the scars of my li...
ROBERT ANDREW ELDER
Carthage must be destroyed.
CATO THE ELDER
It is thus with farming: if you do one thing late, you will be late in all your work
CATO THE ELDER
The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess the...
PLINY THE ELDER
Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDER
No one is wise at all times.
PLINY THE ELDER
In wine, there's truth.
PLINY THE ELDER
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDER
The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
PLINY THE ELDER
Man has learned how to challenge both Nature and art to become the incitements to vice! His very cup...
PLINY THE ELDER
Of all wonders, this is among the greatest, that some fresh waters close by the sea spring forth as ...
PLINY THE ELDER
Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or a leg, or drowned him in t...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON
Appearing as a character in my brother’s books taught me something about myself. For most of my li...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON
There are plenty of people in the world whose lives are governed by rote and routine. Such people wi...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON
When Martha first met me, I was anxious and jumpy. I was always tapping my foot, rocking, or exhibit...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON
I knew I was some kind of misfit, but it was becoming apparent that some of the grown-ups who smiled...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON
Because speaking while watching things has always been difficult for me, learning to drive a car and...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON
As I've gotten older, I have taught myself to act "normal." I can do it well enough to fool the aver...
JOHN ELDER ROBISON