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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.

Pliny the Elder

Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDER

Better Disease Evil Food Heath Improve Relax Sad Time Wine
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Better Disease Evil Heath Improve Men Vino Water Wine
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
PLINY THE ELDER

Far Grasp Hold Neglect Ourselves Pursue
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
PLINY THE ELDER

Certain Philosophy Unknown
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Agree Agriculture Do Emotion Hope Inspiring Maximum Motivation Opportunity Practise
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Eat Food Garden Hunger Refreshment Smell Taste
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Body Enemy Foe Lust Mind Person Purse Weakness
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDER

Deep Easy Honor Motivation Obligation Important Strong
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
PLINY THE ELDER

Evil Goodness Philosophy
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Audacity Bold Challenge Learn Men Nature
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
PLINY THE ELDER

Charm Object Possession Pursuit
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
PLINY THE ELDER

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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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Blood Brain Donate Emotion Perception Relation
Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
PLINY THE ELDER

Creature Entirely Found Nature Nowhere Small Smallest Tiny
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDER
Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
PLINY THE ELDER

Born Disease Dish Meat Shine Simple Worse

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