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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).

Pliny the Elder

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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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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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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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