Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
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life evil equal
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
civilization paper depends
Our civilization depends largely on paper.
eye farming masters
The master's eye is the best fertilizer.
profit folly plans
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
faults
His only fault is that he has no fault.
latin evil latin-proverb
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
sympathy suicide men
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
courage grief adversity
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
wine kind drink
The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
happiness moments
The happier the moment the shorter.
latin lines dies
Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.
novelty human-nature humans
Human nature is fond of novelty.
happiness true-happiness deserving
True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
compare former acknowledgment
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.