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Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
Caius Plinius Secundus
Gaius P. Secundus
Caius P. Secundus
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the Elder Pliny
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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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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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line.
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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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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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The graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest.
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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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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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