163 Quotes by Pliny the Elder

We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.

No book so bad but some part may be of use.

There is in them a softer fire than the ruby, there is the brilliant purple of the amethyst, and the sea green of the emerald - all shining together in incredible union. Some by their splendor rival the colors of the painters, others the flame of burning sulphur or of fire quickened by oil.

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.

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.

There is alas no law against incompetency; no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the patients, and the doctor is the only person not punished for murder.

Man naturally yearns for novelty.