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Pliny the Elder

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Pliny the Elder
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Quote 1

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

Quote 2

Home is where the heart is”

Quote 3

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Quote 4

Out of Africa, there is always something new.

Quote 5

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

Quote 6

Truth comes out in wine.

Quote 7

From the end spring new beginnings.

Quote 8

The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.

Quote 9

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Quote 10

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.