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Our civilization depends largely on paper.

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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
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Hope is a working-man's dream.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.
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