It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is … - Pliny the Elder

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

Pliny the Elder

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About Pliny the Elder

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 been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line.

Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.

Absentes tinnitu aurium præsentire sermones de se receptum est.

It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth. - Pliny the Elder

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