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Addito salis grano. With the addition of a pinch of salt.

-Pliny full name GaiusPlinius Secundus known as the Elder
AD 77 Historia Naturalis, bk.23, section 8.This is probably a version of a more ancient proverb, commonly rendered 'cum grano salis'.

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