8723. Pliny the Elder. A.D. c. 23-A.D. 79. John Bartlett, comp. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

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


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.
Du Bartas: Divine Weekes and Workes, first week, third day. [back]

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