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.
PLINY THE ELDERMany 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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Chance is a second master.
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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 only certainty is uncertainty
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