"Cum grano salis."
— Prudence
January 1, 1970
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXIII. 8. 77. Giving the story of Pompey, who when he took the palace of Mithridates, found hidden the antidote against poison, "to be taken fasting, addite salis grano".
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Pliny the Elder, Natural History, XXIII. 8. 77. Giving the story of Pompey, who when he took the palace of Mithridates, found hidden the antidote against poison, "to be taken fasting, addite salis grano".