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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.

Pliny the Elder

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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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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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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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