Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDERSimple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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No one is wise at all times.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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