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Results of search for Author: Pliny The Elder - Page 1 of 2 Showing results 1 to 10 of 13 total quotations found.
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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
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Results from Classic Quotes:

Criticism comes easier than craftsmanship.: Zeuxis (~400 BC), from Pliny the Elder, Natural History
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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.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD), 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?: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD), Natural History
There is always something new out of Africa.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD), Natural History
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD), Natural History
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.: Pliny The Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)
From the end spring new beginnings.: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?: Pliny the Elder (23 AD - 79 AD)

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