Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life. Pliny the Elder More Quotes by Pliny the Elder More Quotes From Pliny the Elder A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good. Pliny the Elder granted evil men The happier the moment the shorter. Pliny the Elder moments happiness Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man. Pliny the Elder suicidal suicide men Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess. Pliny the Elder suicide sympathy men When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee. Pliny the Elder rodents latin littles 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 or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception. Pliny the Elder perception brain blood We live by reposing trust in each other. Pliny the Elder live-by No one is wise at all times. Pliny the Elder all-time wisdom wise It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas). Pliny the Elder vino wine common Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother. Pliny the Elder parent suffering names We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides. Pliny the Elder inferiority envy passion Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: for surely this hudling of many meats one upon another of divers tastes is pestiferous. But sundrie sauces are more dangerous than that. Pliny the Elder sauce meat simple It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man. Pliny the Elder mother men enemy Many dishes bring many diseases. Pliny the Elder dishes disease God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion. Pliny the Elder oblivion over-it past True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it. Pliny the Elder deserving true-happiness happiness A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment. Pliny the Elder buyers judgment reflection The first (barbers) that entered Italy came out of Sicily and it was in the 454 yeare after the foundation of Rome. Brought in they were by P. Ticinius Mena as Verra doth report for before that time they never cut their hair. The first that was shaven every day was Scipio Africanus, and after cometh Augustus the Emperor who evermore used the razor. Pliny the Elder rome cutting hair Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful? Pliny the Elder powerful math believe Hope is a working-man's dream. Pliny the Elder hope dream men
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