Truth comes out in wine.
PLINY THE ELDER
Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Not a day without a line.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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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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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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