It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Not a day without a line.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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