black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

The 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 Elder

Related Topics

Business Character Greatness Improvement Man Ourselves Power Pursuit Rule

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
PLINY THE ELDER

Eath Enemy Kind Men Mother
Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDER

Chance Master One Liner Opportunity Story Success Time
The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDER

Man Weep
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
PLINY THE ELDER

Belief Emotion Entertain Number Purpose Relation Touch Trust
Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDER

Affect Assume Emotion Genuine Imagine Incredible Nature
Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
PLINY THE ELDER

Aware Command Example Life Positive Soft Success
Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
PLINY THE ELDER

Audacity Bold Challenge Learn Men Nature
How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDER

Deep Dream Effect Hard Work Impossible Inspiring Motivation Success
Our civilization depends largely on paper.
PLINY THE ELDER
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
PLINY THE ELDER

Advice Buyer Deep Disagree Judgment Query Reflection Think
Better do nothing than do ill.
PLINY THE ELDER

Action Better Karma Sick
In 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 ELDER

Compare Emotion Former Frustate
The 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 ELDER

Citizen Class Courage Hard Work Life Men Soldier Success
In wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDER

Health One Liner Wine
….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
PLINY THE ELDER

Adaptation Adopt Causes Grab Moral Opportunity Selfish
Many dishes bring many diseases.
PLINY THE ELDER

Better Disease Dishes Evil Food Heath Improve Relax Sad Time Wine

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes