The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDERWine 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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In wine there is health.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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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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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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