In wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDERIn time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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