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On one occasion some one put a very little wine into a [glass], and said that it was sixteen years old. 'It…
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It is the mark of a gentleman to be moderate in the use of wine.
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Goodness does not consist in greatness, but greatness in goodness.
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It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain,…
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Every investigation which is guided by principles of Nature fixes its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.
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Fasting cures diseases, dries up bodily humors, puts demons to flight, gets rid of impure thoughts, makes the mind clearer and the…
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Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read.
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Everything ultimately fails, for we die, and that is either the penultimate failure or our most enigmatical achievement.
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It is not inertia alone that is responsible for human relationships repeating themselves from case to case, indescribably monotonous and unrenewed: it…
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Tell me, enigmatical man, whom do you love best, your father, Your mother, your sister, or your brother? I have neither father,…
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