Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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