When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
PLINY THE ELDERWe listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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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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No one is wise at all times.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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In wine there is health.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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