Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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In wine there is health.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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