Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
PLINY THE ELDERMen are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDERBut with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDERI would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
PLINY THE ELDERHome is where the heart is.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only certainty is uncertainty
PLINY THE ELDERThe javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
PLINY THE ELDERThe depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERChance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDERMost men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine, there’s truth.
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 ELDERA short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
PLINY THE ELDERIn the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
PLINY THE ELDER