All Pliny the Elder Quotes
- With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. Adversity
- The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it. Best
- Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man. Amid
- The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys… Affection
- Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess. Deities
- There is, to be sure, no evil without something good. Evil
- When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee. Collapse
- The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or… Blood
- His only fault is that he has no fault. Fault
- The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. Best
- The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if… Cause
- The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least given of all too evil… Agricultural
- Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. Honor
- The master's eye is the best fertilizer. Best
- Our civilization depends largely on paper. Civilization
- The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep. Funny
- The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils. Enjoyment
- The leading distinction of magnets is sex... The kind that is found in Troas is black, and of the female sex, and consequently destitute of… Attractive
- The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. Avarice
- ....shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle. Adaptation