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.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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In wine there is health.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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