Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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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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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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