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His only fault is that he has no fault.

Pliny the Elder

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Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
Caius Plinius Secundus
Gaius P. Secundus
Caius P. Secundus
C. Plinius Secundus
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Many other means there be, that promise the foreknowledge of things to come: besides the raising up and conjuring of ghosts departed, the conference also with familiars and spirits infernal. And all these were found out in our days, to be no better than vanities and false illusions.
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Home is where the heart is.
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The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black those of Breotia are more red than black and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.
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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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In wine there is health (In vino sanitas)
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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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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No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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No one is wise at all times.
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