The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
PLINY THE ELDERThe perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
PLINY THE ELDERThe agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
PLINY THE ELDERLet not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
PLINY THE ELDERWe live by reposing trust in each other.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
PLINY THE ELDERIn comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERHome is where the heart is.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDERThe brain is the citadel of sense perception.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
PLINY THE ELDERWine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
PLINY THE ELDERMan naturally yearns for novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERThe great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
PLINY THE ELDERWhen a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
PLINY THE ELDER