Truth comes out in wine.
PLINY THE ELDERBetter do nothing than do ill.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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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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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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Not a day without a line.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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