Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
PLINY THE ELDERIn time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Chance is a second master.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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