It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas). — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up,… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share
![“Contact with [menstrual blood] turns new wine sour, crops touched by it become barren, grafts die, seed in gardens are dried up, the fruit of trees fall off, the edge of steel and the gleam of ivory are dulled, hives of bees die, even bronze and iron are at once seized by rust, and a horrible…” quote by Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/8f7/pliny-the-elder-2838_air_contact-with-menstrual-blood-turns-new-w_1631587.jpg)
