The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
PLINY THE ELDERThe 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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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