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No one is wise at all times.
Pliny the Elder
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Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
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...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm of Nature the sea is in many ways the most harmful to the stomach, with its great variety of dishes and tasty fish.
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All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had been touched with boiling water. The same substance, it is said, destroys them the moment it enters their throat.
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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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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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There is alas no law against incompetency no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the patients, and the doctor is the only person not punished for murder.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Hope is a working-man's dream.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late and again, that everything must be done at its proper season while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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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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