It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERThe enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
-
-
Now, 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 ELDER -
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
PLINY THE ELDER -
Better do nothing than do ill.
PLINY THE ELDER -
There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDER -
Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
PLINY THE ELDER -
The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
PLINY THE ELDER -
It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
PLINY THE ELDER -
Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
PLINY THE ELDER -
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 ELDER -
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
PLINY THE ELDER -
Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDER -
The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
PLINY THE ELDER -
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
PLINY THE ELDER -
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDER -
I 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 ELDER