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Classical antiquity9 quotes
When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it. — Pliny the Elder · 77The human features and countenance, although composed of but some ten parts or little more, are so fashioned that among so many thousands of men there are no two in existence who cannot be distinguished from one another. — Pliny the Elder · 77An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. — Pliny the Younger · 99The only certainty is that nothing is certain. — Pliny the Elder · 77 BCNo man is wise at all times. — Pliny the Elder · 77 BCThere is always something new out of Africa. — Pliny the Elder · 77All 9 quotes →