The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
PLINY THE ELDERWhen collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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 javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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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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