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.
PLINY THE ELDERThe brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Chance is a second master.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Not a day without a line.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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