A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine, there’s truth.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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 best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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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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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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