The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
PLINY THE ELDERMan 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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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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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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In wine there is health.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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