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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Pliny the Elder

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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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.
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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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Lust 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.
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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Home is where the heart is.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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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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