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Roman Writer Who Originated The Phrase With A Grain Of Salt

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• Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)

• Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)

49%7Roman writer who originated the phrase "Where there's life, there's hope"
noun

• dramatist of ancient Rome (born in Greece) whose comedies were based on works by Menander (190?-159 BC)

42%6Roman who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope"
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• a Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)

• a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em

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