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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

Pliny the Elder

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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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