True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature is fond of novelty.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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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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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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