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All Quotes by Pliny the Elder
- The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of all too evil…
- No one is wise at all times.
- Made up of the glories of the most precious gems, to describe them is a matter of inexpressible difficulty. For there is amongst them the…
- When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
- The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass…
- The ancients had little doubt about the true shape of the earth: "It's [the world's] shape has the rounded appearance of a perfect sphere. This…
- Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
- It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
- Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all…
- Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
- No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
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