163 Quotes by Pliny the Elder

The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.

Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.

Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.

Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.

Our civilization depends largely on paper.

His only fault is that he has no fault.

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.

The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.

War should neither be feared nor provoked.