Home is where the heart is.
PLINY THE ELDERThe 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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In wine there is health.
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No one is wise at all times.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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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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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Not a day without a line.
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