Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDERNo one is wise at all times.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Chance is a second master.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of 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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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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 most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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