The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Quotes by Pliny the Elder
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Man is the only animal that knows nothing, and can learn nothing without being taught.
Nothing is more wretched or more proud than man.
It is far from easy to determine whether she [Nature] has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother.
There is always something new out of Africa.
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. ( In vino veritas .)
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