Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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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