Many dishes bring many diseases.
PLINY THE ELDER
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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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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