Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDERTo laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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