Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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No one is wise at all times.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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