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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.

Pliny the Elder

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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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