It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever
it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
-- Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
-- Natural History, Book ii, Sect. 20
it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
-- Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
-- Natural History, Book ii, Sect. 20
Related:
- The world, and whatever that be which we call the heavens,
by the vault of which all things are enclosed, we must... - Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd
numbers are the most effectual?
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book... - Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share
of our consideration.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book... - The bird of passage known to us as the cuckoo.
-- Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD)
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Natural History, Book xviii, Sect.... - With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book... - Everything is soothed by oil, and this is the reason why divers send
out small quantities of it from their mouths,
because it smooths every part which is rough. -- Pliny... - Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book... - It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book... - When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD) -- Natural History, Book...
