"Let honor be to us as strong an……" — Pliny the Elder
"Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others."
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Pliny the Elder
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71 Quotes by Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder has 71 quotes on this site.
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With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.
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The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language…
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head;…
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to…
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The agricultural population, says Cato, produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers, and a class of citizens the least…
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More Honor Quotes
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one of 2,471 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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You will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to…
— Aristotle
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Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.
— Aristotle
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For though we love both the truth and our friends, piety requires us to honor the truth first.
— Aristotle
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People still question my sobriety, my commitment to the program, and that hurts. I take things day by day, and…
— Tom Arnold
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We treat our people like royalty. If you honor and serve the people who work for you, they will honor…
— Mary Kay Ash
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The honors of this world, what are they but puff, and emptiness, and peril of falling?
— Saint Augustine
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A man should be upright, not be kept upright.
— Marcus Aurelius
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It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses…
— Emilie Autumn
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Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
— Johann Sebastian Bach
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Young gentlemen, who are to display their knowledge to the world, should have every motive of emulation, should be formed…
— Anna Letitia Barbauld
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It was dripping and, you know, and there was a whole line of cameras and microphones. I felt like -…
— Jim Bakker
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To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity…
— Douglas Adams
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