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Home is where the heart is.
Pliny the Elder
Home, Heart
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
Pliny the Elder
Hope, Dream, Waking
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.
Pliny the Elder
Live, Darkness, Reach
From the end spring new beginnings.
Pliny the Elder
End, Spring, Beginnings
Truth comes out in wine.
Pliny the Elder
Truth, Wine
The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Pliny the Elder
Nothing, Certainty
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
Pliny the Elder
Fear, May, Happen
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
Pliny the Elder
Same, Object, Seldom
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
Pliny the Elder
Wise, Moments, Mortal
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
Pliny the Elder
Work, Nature, Learned
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
Pliny the Elder
Rather, Lust, Wealth
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Pliny the Elder
Nothing, Matters, Certainty
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
Pliny the Elder
Good, Lose, Reputation
There is always something new out of Africa.
Pliny the Elder
Africa
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
Pliny the Elder
Best, Others, Plan
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
Another, Making, Word

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Biography

Nationality: Roman
Type: Author
Born: 23
Died: 79

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