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Upon Quotes by Pliny the Elder
- The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
- 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…
- A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.
- How many things... are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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