It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDERThe 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Chance is a second master.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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No one is wise at all times.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Home is where the heart is.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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