The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDERSuicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
PLINY THE ELDERWe listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
PLINY THE ELDERAn object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
PLINY THE ELDERBut with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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 ELDERThe 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 ELDERThe only certainty is uncertainty
PLINY THE ELDERA short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
PLINY THE ELDERWhy is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
PLINY THE ELDERThe best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
PLINY THE ELDERIndeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERWe ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERNot a day without a line.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDEROn a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
PLINY THE ELDER