In wine there is health.
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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In wine, there’s truth.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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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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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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