With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. — Pliny the Elder
With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
In the original Latin
Homini plurima ex homine sunt mala.
Naturalis Historia · 77
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Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, bk. 7.
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Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, bk. 7.