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From Quotes by Pliny the Elder
- The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
- Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately…
- Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted…
- From the end spring new beginnings.
- In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former…
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