Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERAs land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
PLINY THE ELDERNo one is wise at all times.
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDERMany dishes bring many diseases.
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 ELDERGrief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
PLINY THE ELDERMan is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
PLINY THE ELDERNow, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
PLINY THE ELDERWe neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
PLINY THE ELDERMost men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERA dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is always something new out of Africa.
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 ELDERNature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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.
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