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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8723 Pliny the Elder AD 23-AD 79 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8723
AUTHOR:Pliny the Elder (A.D. c. 23–A.D. 79)
QUOTATION:It is far from easy to determine whether she [Nature] has proved to him a kind parent or a merciless stepmother. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Natural History. Book vii. Sect. 1.
 
Note 1.
To man the earth seems altogether
No more a mother, but a step-dame rather.
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