Pliny the Elder
unknown – August 25, 79, Stabiae, Italy
I turned a rescue fleet toward a burning mountain—was it duty that led me ashore, or curiosity?
Try asking: "What compelled you to compile the Natural History, and how did you organize so vast a work?"
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