Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDERWe ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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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 maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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In wine there is health.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Home is where the heart is.
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