The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Human nature craves novelty.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Chance is a second master.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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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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