No one is wise at all times.
PLINY THE ELDERMan alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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In wine there is health.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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