The leading distinction in magnets is the sex, male and female, and the next great difference in them is the colour. Those of Magnesia, bordering on Macedonia, are of a reddish black; those of Breotia are more red than black; and the kind that is found in Troas is black, of the female sex, and consequently destitute of attractive power.
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. - Pliny The Elder
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
- Pliny The Elder
Home is where the heart is. - Pliny The Elder
Home is where the heart is.
Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line. - Pliny The Elder
Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.
Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides. - Pliny The Elder
Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
In wine, there's truth. - Pliny The Elder
In wine, there's truth.
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Pliny The Elder
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess. - Pliny The Elder
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
Nothing is so unequal as equality. - Pliny The Elder
Nothing is so unequal as equality.
Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures. - Pliny The Elder
Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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