It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
PLINY THE ELDERThe only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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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 live by reposing trust in each other.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert 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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Chance is a second master.
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