Truth comes out in wine.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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