40th birthday Quote by Pliny the Elder

“To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.” quote by Pliny the Elder — Download Open image

“To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.”

Pliny the Elder

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The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys orders, remembers duties that it has been taught, is pleased by affection and by marks of honour, nay more it possesses virtues rare even in man, honesty, wisdom, justice, also respect for the stars and…

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Man naturally yearns for novelty.

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Be wise with speed; a fool at forty is a fool indeed.

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A man of sixty has spent twenty years in bed and over three years in eating.

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Pleas'd look forward, pleas'd to look behind,And count each birthday with a grateful mind.

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To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.

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