The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
PLINY THE ELDERThis only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Chance is a second master.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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