For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which…

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He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.

He who eats with most pleasure is he who least requires sauce.

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads,...

There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads,...

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding;...

For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding;...

As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven...

As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven...

The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause...

The true test of a leader is whether his followers will adhere to his cause...

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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding;...

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as...

A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as...

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

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Agriculture for an honorable and highminded man, is the best of all occupations or arts...

The sweetest sound of all is praise.

The sweetest sound of all is praise.

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A horse is a thing of beauty... none will tire of looking at him as...

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Excess of grief for the dead is madness; for it is an injury to the...

Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.

Loyalty is a fine quality, but in excess it fills political graveyards.

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Everything in excess is opposed to nature.

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The excess of our youth are checks written against our age and they are payable...

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Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy.

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'Tis not the eating, nor 'tis not the drinking that is to be blamed, but...

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Each substance of a grief hath twenty shadows