As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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In wine, there’s truth.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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Chance is a second master.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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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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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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