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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.

Pliny the Elder

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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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