It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
PLINY THE ELDERNot a day without a line.
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Home is where the heart is.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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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.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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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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