Category: Quote of the Day

A bad bargain is always a ground for repentance.

Pliny the Elder

When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.

Pliny the Elder

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

Pliny the Elder

It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line.

Pliny the Elder

With a grain of salt.

Pliny the Elder

It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.

Pliny the Elder

Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.

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 looked upon as quite impossible until they have actually been effected?

Pliny the Elder

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

Pliny the Elder

The only certainty is that nothing is certain

Pliny the Elder