It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERHome is where the heart is.
PLINY THE ELDERLet not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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 ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDERAmid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
PLINY THE ELDERFrom the end spring new beginnings.
PLINY THE ELDERLet that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
PLINY THE ELDERThe most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
PLINY THE ELDERNo book so bad but some part may be of use.
PLINY THE ELDERThis only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERWe live by reposing trust in each other.
PLINY THE ELDERNature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
PLINY THE ELDERIn wine there is health.
PLINY THE ELDER