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.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is always something new out of Africa.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Not a day without a line.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Chance is a second master.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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Truth comes out in wine.
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