Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature craves novelty.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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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 desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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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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