Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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