--- title: "4 Culinary Quotes By Pliny the Elder" description: "4 Culinary quotes by Pliny the Elder. Plus more from Pliny the Elder and more Culinary sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/pliny-the-elder-2838_body_nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-str_1120948.png" --- > [Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-strengthening-the-body-and-also/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/pliny-the-elder-2838_body_nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-str_1120948.png) > [Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. Whether this is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/honey-comes-out-of-the-air-at-early-dawn-the-leaves-of-trees-are/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/913/pliny-the-elder-2838_air_honey-comes-out-of-the-air-at-early-dawn_1405992.jpg) > [...shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Indeed of the whole realm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/shellfish-are-the-prime-cause-of-the-decline-of-morals-and-the-2/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/de9/pliny-the-elder-2838_adaptation_shellfish-are-the-prime-cause-of-the-dec_2620452.png) > [Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/wine-refreshes-the-stomach-sharpens-the-appetite-blunts-care-and/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/062/pliny-the-elder-2838_appetite_wine-refreshes-the-stomach-sharpens-the_3002461.png) ## Other authors on Culinary - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-ambrose-bierce-12239.jpg) Ambrose Bierce 24 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/ambrose-bierce/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jean-anthelme-brillatsavarin-47934.jpg) Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/jean-anthelme-brillat-savarin/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-shakespeare-95899.jpg) William Shakespeare 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/william-shakespeare/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b014/author-julia-child-54151.jpg) Julia Child 12 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/julia-child/) - [M. 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Mencken 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/h-l-mencken/) - [Craig Claiborne 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/craig-claiborne/) - [Benjamin Franklin 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/benjamin-franklin/) ## More by Pliny the Elder > [Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/simple-diet-is-best-for-many-dishes-bring-many-diseases-and-rich/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/amid-the-sufferings-of-life-on-earth-suicide-is-god-s-best-gift-to-man/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [The happier the moment the shorter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/the-happier-the-moment-the-shorter/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/indeed-what-is-there-that-does-not-appear-marvelous-when-it-comes-to/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/accustom-yourself-to-master-and-overcome-things-of-difficulty-for-if/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/as-land-is-improved-by-sowing-it-with-various-seeds-so-is-the-mind-by/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/true-happiness-consists-in-being-considered-deserving-of-it/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/the-largest-land-animal-is-the-elephant-and-it-is-the-nearest-to-man/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [Many dishes bring many diseases.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/many-dishes-bring-many-diseases/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/in-the-literary-as-well-as-military-world-most-powerful-abilities/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [Man naturally yearns for novelty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/man-naturally-yearns-for-novelty/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/with-man-most-of-his-misfortunes-are-occasioned-by-man/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [Better do nothing than do ill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/better-do-nothing-than-do-ill/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/it-is-this-earth-that-like-a-kind-mother-receives-us-at-our-birth-and/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) > [His only fault is that he has no fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/his-only-fault-is-that-he-has-no-fault/) [Pliny the Elder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pliny-the-elder/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/culinary/pliny-the-elder/#itemlist", "name": "4 Culinary Quotes By Pliny the Elder", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Pliny the Elder" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pliny-the-elder/nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-strengthening-the-body-and-also/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/pliny-the-elder-2838_body_nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-str_1120948.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/pliny-the-elder-2838_body_nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-str_1120948.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/594/pliny-the-elder-2838_body_nothing-is-more-useful-than-wine-for-str_1120948.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if…” — Pliny the Elder", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Honey comes out of the air At early dawn the leaves of trees are found bedewed with honey. 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