War should neither be feared nor provoked.
PLINY THE ELDERWine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Not a day without a line.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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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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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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