"Ex quovis ligno non fit Mercurius."
— The Golden Ass
January 1, 1970
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Apuleius
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A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood. — Quoted by Apuleius as a saying of Pythagoras — Reported in Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), "Sculpture"; Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894), "Mercury"
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A Mercury is not made out of any block of wood. — Quoted by Apuleius as a saying of Pythagoras — Reported in Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922), "Sculpture"; Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1894), "Mercury"