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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
Plinius
Pliny
the Elder Pliny
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens, by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must conceive to be a deity, to be eternal, without bounds, neither created nor subject at any time to destruction. To inquire what is beyond it is no concern of man nor can the human mind form any conjecture concerning it.
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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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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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 agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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No one is wise at all times.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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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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