The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Not a day without a line.
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