As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
PLINY THE ELDERLust 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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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 best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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Chance is a second master.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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