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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.

Pliny the Elder

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Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
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Gaius P. Secundus
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