We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERWine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Chance is a second master.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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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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.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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