Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
PLINY THE ELDERWine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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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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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.
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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 depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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