All things Quote 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.

— Pliny the Elder

Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.

— Pliny the Elder

The happier the moment the shorter.

— 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…

— 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…

— Pliny the Elder

As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.

— Pliny the Elder

True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.

— 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…

— Pliny the Elder

Many dishes bring many diseases.

— Pliny the Elder

In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.

— Pliny the Elder

Man naturally yearns for novelty.

— Pliny the Elder

With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

— Pliny the Elder