It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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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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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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 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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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