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‘Naturae historiarum triginta septem’, opus diffusum eruditum, nec minus varium quam ipsa natura. Miraris quod tot volumina multaque in his tam scrupulosa homo occupatus absolverit? Magis miraberis si scieris illum aliquamdiu causas actitasse, decessisse anno sexto et quinquagensimo, medium tempus distentum impeditumque qua officiis maximis qua amicitia principum egisse. Sed erat acre ingenium, incredibile studium, summa vigilantia.
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Pline le Jeune évoquant son oncle Pline l'Ancien dans une lettre à Baebius Macrus (Pline le Jeune, Lettres, III, 5).
Pline l'Ancien Citations
“L'homme devient dieu pour l'homme en le secourant; ce chemin est celui de la gloire éternelle.”
Pline l'Ancien livre Histoire naturelle
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Histoire naturelle, Livre II
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Histoire naturelle, Livre I
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Histoire naturelle, Livre II
Pline l'Ancien: Citations en anglais
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 4.
Naturalis Historia
“Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XXVIII, sec. 23.
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“Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XVIII, sec. 44.
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“When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.”
ruinis inminentibus musculi praemigrant...
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VIII, sec. 103.
Naturalis Historia
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 1.
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“The best plan is, as the common proverb has it, to profit by the folly of others.”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XVIII, sec. 31.
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“With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 5.
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“It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XIV, sec. 141.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VIII, sec. 126.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 2.
Naturalis Historia
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 2.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 8.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XXXV, sec. 84.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book II, sec. 20.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 6.
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“With a grain of salt.”
Cum grano salis.
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XXIII, sec. 8.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XVIII, sec. 20.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book II, sec. 234.
Naturalis Historia
“Fortune favours the brave.”
Fortes Fortuna iuvat.
Attributed by Pliny the Younger to his uncle during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in which the Elder died <br class="br">Quoted in [Pliny, translated by William Melmoth, Letters of Pliny, c.100 CE, eBook, 1927, Bibliobytes, Hoboken, NJ, English, ISBN 0585049971, LXV, to Tacitus http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2811/2811-h/2811-h.htm#link2H_4_0065, p. 48, Here he stopped to consider whether he should turn back again; to which the pilot advising him, "Fortune", said he, "favours the brave; steer to where Pomponianus is."] <br class="br">Commonly quoted as "Fortune favours the bold".
“It is generally admitted that the absent are warned by a ringing in the ears, when they are being talked about.”
Absentes tinnitu aurium præsentire sermones de se receptum est.
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XXVIII, sec. 5.
Naturalis Historia
“This is Italy, land sacred to the Gods.”
Haec est Italia diis sacra
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book III, sec. 46.
Naturalis Historia
“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Fuller version: This series of instances entangles unforeseeing mortality, so that among these things but one thing is in the least certainthat nothing certain exists, and that nothing is more pitiable, or more presnmptuous, than man! In Latin: Quae singula inprovidam mortalitatem involvunt, solum ut inter ista vel certu sit nihil esse certi nec quicquam miserius homine aut superbius.
Book II, sec. 5.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book II, sec. 1.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book I, Dedication, sec. 22.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 77.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VIII, sec. 148.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XVIII, sec. 26.
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Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book VII, sec. 15.
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“The bird of passage known to us as the cuckoo.”
Pliny the Elder livre Histoire naturelle
Book XVIII, sec. 249.
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“Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.”
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Book XIX, sec. 59.
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