Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
PLINY THE ELDERThe enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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