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Gaius Plinius Secundus
Caius Plinius Secundus
Gaius P. Secundus
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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.
Pliny the Elder
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.
Pliny the Elder
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.
Pliny the Elder
It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
Pliny the Elder
Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
Pliny the Elder
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
Pliny the Elder
In wine there is health (In vino sanitas)
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Better do nothing than do ill.
Pliny the Elder
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
Pliny the Elder
Home is where the heart is.
Pliny the Elder
Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
Pliny the Elder
From the end spring new beginnings.
Pliny the Elder
Our civilization depends largely on paper.
Pliny the Elder
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
Pliny the Elder
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
Pliny the Elder
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
Pliny the Elder
His only fault is that he has no fault.
Pliny the Elder
Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
Pliny the Elder
It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
Pliny the Elder
The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black those of Breotia are more red than black and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.
Pliny the Elder
