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.
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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks 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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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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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 listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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