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Pliny The Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
Roman scholar & scientist [more author details]
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.
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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.
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History

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