Pliny the Elder Famous Quotes
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
"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 been actually effected"
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written in writing what deserves to be read and in so living as to make the world happier for our living in it.
"No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments."
"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."
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
From the end spring new beginnings.
There is always something new out of Africa.
Pliny the Elder Quotations
Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize till you have tried to make it precise.
Bertrand Russell
"A great preservative against angry and mutinous thoughts, and all impatience and quarreling, is to have some great business and interest in your mind, which, like a sponge shall suck up your attention and keep you from brooding over what displeases you."
Joseph Rickaby
"Paradise is exactly like where you are right now...only much, much better"
Laurie Anderson
"That's not painting, that's Paint-By-Numbers. That's therapy for the artistically challenged. That's what they prescribe for cretins in dayrooms."
Jeff Melvoin
Every one in a crowd has the power to throw dirt nine out of ten have the inclination.
Paul Aubuchon
"Perhaps a modern society can remain stable only by eliminating adolescence, by giving its young, from the age of ten, the skills, responsibilities, and rewards of grownups, and opportunites for action in all spheres of life. Adolescence should be a time of useful action, while book learning and scholarship should be a preoccupation of adults."
Eric Hoffer
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
Proverbs 276 Bible
People with integrity do what they say they are going to do. Others have excuses.
Dr Laura Schlessinger
"You are never dedicated to something you have complete confidence in. No one is fanatically shouting that the sun is going to rise tomorrow. They know it is going to rise tomorrow. When people are fanatically dedicated to political or religious faiths or any other kinds of dogmas or goals, its always because these dogmas or goals are in doubt."
Robert M Pirsig
It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.
Anne Tyler