Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERSimple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Wine 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.
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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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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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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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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 best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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