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.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Human nature craves novelty.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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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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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Not a day without a line.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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