In wine, there's truth.

Pliny the Elder

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Harapan adalah tiang yang menyangga dunia.

Pliny the Elder


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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


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

Pliny the Elder

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In vino veritas

Pliny the Elder


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

Pliny the Elder


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Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.

Pliny the Elder


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Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up, the fruit of trees fall off, the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled, hives of bees die, even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust, and a horrible smell fills the air; to taste it drives dogs mad and infects their bites with an incurable poison.

Pliny the Elder

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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 and better for our living in it.

Pliny the Elder

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Home is where the heart is

Pliny the Elder


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