The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
PLINY THE ELDERFrom the end spring new beginnings.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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No one is wise at all times.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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