When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.

ruinis inminentibus musculi praemigrant.

Pliny the Elder

Naturalis Historia

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Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, bk. 8.

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Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, bk. 8.

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A quote by Pliny the Elder about instinct: “When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.”

A quote by Pliny the Elder about instinct: “When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.”

A quote by Pliny the Elder about instinct: “When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.”