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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.

Pliny the Elder

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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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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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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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