The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDER
The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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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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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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