Human nature craves novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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No one is wise at all times.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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