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.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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Not a day without a line.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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