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Top 87 wise famous quotes and sayings by Pliny The Elder
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![Pliny The Elder quotes: We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off. Pliny The Elder quotes: We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1002119.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment. Pliny The Elder quotes: A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-188405.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies. Pliny The Elder quotes: As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1534844.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb. Pliny The Elder quotes: In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-2029090.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man. Pliny The Elder quotes: Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1125120.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work. Pliny The Elder quotes: Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-317043.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations. Pliny The Elder quotes: Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-133449.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs. Pliny The Elder quotes: It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-94954.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber. Pliny The Elder quotes: Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-204305.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. Pliny The Elder quotes: The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-323191.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen. Pliny The Elder quotes: Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1460750.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations. Pliny The Elder quotes: Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1623850.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides. Pliny The Elder quotes: We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1994762.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other. Pliny The Elder quotes: Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-2063788.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking. Pliny The Elder quotes: Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-2106230.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at. Pliny The Elder quotes: Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-105710.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach. Pliny The Elder quotes: The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-179426.jpg)
![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. 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-387259.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: 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. Pliny The Elder quotes: 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.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-502711.jpg)
![Pliny The Elder quotes: Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother. Pliny The Elder quotes: Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.](https://www.wisefamousquotes.com/images/pliny-the-elder-quotes-1050219.jpg)
Top 87 wise famous quotes and sayings by Pliny The Elder
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