The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
PLINY THE ELDER
Many dishes bring many diseases.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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