The human features and countenance, although composed of bu… - Pliny the Elder

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The 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

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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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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.

Bears when first born are shapeless masses of white flesh a little larger than mice, their claws alone being prominent. The mother then licks them gradually into proper shape.

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