Columella quotes
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“Dogs should be called by names which are not very long, so that each may obey more quickly when he is called, but they should not have shorter names than those which are pronounced in two syllables...”
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“Take rainwater kept for several years, and mix a sextarius of this water with a pound of honey The whole is exposed to the sun for 40 days, and then left on a shelf near the fire. If you have no rain water, then boil spring water.”
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“The most important part of every business is to know what ought to be done.”
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“The earth neither grows old or wears out if it is dunged.”
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Source : A. Lee Martinez (2006). “Gil's All Fright Diner”, p.7, Macmillan
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