It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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