But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDER
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No one is wise at all times.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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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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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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