Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The graceful tear that streams for others' Man is the weeping animal born to govern all the rest. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
No man's abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends.… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens, by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents; and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of… — 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
Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The human features and countenance, although composed of but some ten parts or little more, are so fashioned that among so many… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
The world and that which, by another name, men have thought good to call Heaven (under the compass of which all things… — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that… — 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 Image
Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man. — Pliny the Elder Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
