The 131+ Pliny the Elder Quotes

The Feasant Hens Of Colchis, Which Have Two Ears As It Were Consisting Of Feathers, Which They Will Set Up And Lay Down As They List.

Many Other Means There Be, That Promise The Foreknowledge Of Things To Come: Besides The Raising Up And Conjuring Of Ghosts Departed, The Conference Also With Familiars And Spirits Infernal. And All These Were Found Out In Our Days, To Be No Better Than Vanities And False Illusions.

No Mortal Man, Moreover Is Wise At All Moments.

The Javelin-snake Amphiptere Hurls Itself From The Branches Of Trees.

As Touching Peaches In General, The Very Name In Latine Whereby They Are Called Persica, Doth Evidently Show That They Were Brought Out Of Persia First.

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.

All Men Possess In Their Bodies A Poison Which Acts Upon Serpents; And The Human Saliva, It Is Said, Makes Them Take To Flight, As Though They Had Been Touched With Boiling Water. The Same Substance, It Is Said, Destroys Them The Moment It Enters Their Throat.

Honey Comes Out Of The Air At Early Dawn The Leaves Of Trees Are Found Bedewed With Honey. Whether This Is The Perspiration Of The Sky Or A Sort Of Saliva Of The Stars, Or The Moisture Of The Air Purging Itself, Nevertheless It Brings With It The Great Pleasure Of Its Heavenly Nature. It Is Always Of The Best Quality When It Is Stored In The Best Flowers.

Why Is It That We Entertain The Belief That For Every Purpose Odd Numbers Are The Most Effectual?

Why Do We Believe That In All Matters The Odd Numbers Are More Powerful?

The Graceful Tear That Streams For Others' Man Is The Weeping Animal Born To Govern All The Rest.

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.