It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERTruth comes out in wine.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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Home is where the heart is.
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