“The highest of characters is his who is as ready to pardon the moral errors of mankind as if he were every day guilty of them himself; and as cautious of committing a fault as if he never forgave one.” IfsCharacterMoralMankindReadyHighestErrorsFaultsGuiltyPardonCautious Author:Pliny the Younger
“Let us strive the more earnestly therefore to lengthen out our span of life-- life that is poured out like water and falls as the leaf-- if not by action (the means to which lie in another's power), yet in any case by study and research; and since it is not granted us to live long, let us transmit to posterity some memorial that we have at least lived.” IfsMeanLongActionLyingFallWaterCasesStudyResearchStriveGrantedLeafsMemorialPosterityTransmit Author:Pliny the Younger
“However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.” IfsMayDoneForgetRefuseFavourRefusalForget Everything Author:Pliny the Younger
“Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.” IfsEyeLyingSeaLandObjectsMotiveNeglectedMundaneOverlooked Author:Pliny the Younger
“For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.” IfsMenMayRefuseFavorsObligationFormerDenialRequest Author:Pliny the Younger
“The erection of a monument is superfluous, our memory will endure if our lives have deserved it.” IfsMemoriesOur LivesEndureMonumentOur MemoriesRecollectionSuperfluous Author:Pliny the Younger
