A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature is fond of novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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