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Pliny the Elder

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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
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.
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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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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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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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No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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No one is wise at all times.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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