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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.

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.
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Custom Goal Hands Life Manner Master Overcoming Practice Project Pursuit Teach Unique
Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Country Decline Manhood Ourselves Youth
Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Bird Light Silence
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Man Natural Novelty Yearn
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Charm Object Possession Pursuit
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Certain Philosophy Unknown
Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Believe Math Odd Power Solve Strong Trust
No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Diamond Gold Men Opportunity Shine Struggle
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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Better Disease Evil Heath Improve Men Vino Water Wine
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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Audacity Bold Challenge Learn Men Nature
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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Far Grasp Hold Neglect Ourselves Pursue
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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Career Follow Men Success Taught Train Training
His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Fault Fine Guilt Mistake One Liner Penalty Punish
It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Alone Earth Move Remain
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.
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Death Evil God Himself Life Man
Home is where the heart is.
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Heart Home One Liner

Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.

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