In wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDERAccustom 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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No one is wise at all times.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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