Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon … - Pliny the Elder

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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she [Nature] abandon to cries and lamentations.

Pliny the Elder

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Gaius Plinius Secundus (23 – 79), called Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias.

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Native Name: Caius Plinius Secundus

Alternative Names: Gaius Plinius Secundus • Gaius P. Secundus • Caius P. Secundus • C. Plinius Secundus • Plinius • Pliny • the Elder Pliny

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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.

Haec est Italia diis sacra

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.

Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she [Nature] abandon to cries and lamentations. - Pliny the Elder

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