A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
PLINY THE ELDERA god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
PLINY THE ELDERWhen a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
PLINY THE ELDERIt [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDERWine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
PLINY THE ELDERAs for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
PLINY THE ELDERThe brain is the citadel of sense perception.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDERAs touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
PLINY THE ELDERHow many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERNo book so bad but some part may be of use.
PLINY THE ELDERChance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERBetter do nothing than do ill.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only certainty is uncertainty
PLINY THE ELDERHome is where the heart is.
PLINY THE ELDER