….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
PLINY THE ELDERSuch is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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