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Better do nothing than do ill.

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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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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