Famous Quotes / Pliny the Elder
27 Quotations by Pliny the Elder
- 1. Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of liv ...
- 2. From the end spring new beginnings.
- 3. Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, b ...
- 4. His only fault is that he has no fault.
- 5. Home is where the heart is.
- 6. Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
- 7. In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest ...
- 8. In these matters the only certainty is that there is nothing certain.
- 9. Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first ti ...
- 10. It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
- 11. Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
- 12. Men are most apt to believe what they least understand.
- 13. No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
- 14. Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
- 15. Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.
- 16. The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
- 17. The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
- 18. The happier the moment the shorter.
- 19. The longest day is soon ended.
- 20. The master's eye is the best fertilizer.