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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.

Pliny the Elder

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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Custom Goal Hands Life Manner Master Overcoming Practice Project Pursuit Teach Unique
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
PLINY THE ELDER

Evil Goodness Philosophy
The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
PLINY THE ELDER

Act Aware Ego Knowledge Rude Science Selfish
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Body Enemy Foe Lust Mind Person Purse Weakness
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
PLINY THE ELDER

Far Grasp Hold Neglect Ourselves Pursue
The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
PLINY THE ELDER

Accident Discover Found Life Risk Trival Valuable
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Country Friendship Generous Man Myself
Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
PLINY THE ELDER

Country Decline Manhood Ourselves Youth
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
PLINY THE ELDER

Better Common Disease Evil Heath Improve Vino Wine
Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
PLINY THE ELDER

Believe Desire God Hope Lust Men Wish
There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDER

Bad Book Goodness Literature
Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
PLINY THE ELDER

Better Cooking Disease Evil Food Heath Improve Vino Wine
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
PLINY THE ELDER

Belief Emotion Entertain Number Purpose Relation Touch Trust
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDER
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.
PLINY THE ELDER

Eat Food Garden Hunger Refreshment Smell Taste
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
PLINY THE ELDER

Enjoy Equal Evil Good Happy Life Nature

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