Home / Quotes / Quote by Pliny the Elder

Quote by Pliny the Elder

“The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.”

Quote by Pliny the Elder

Author

Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder was a Roman author, naturalist, and philosopher, renowned for his comprehensive work 'Natural History'. Born in 23 AD, he was a member of the Roman nobility and held various public offices, including military and administrative roles. His encyclopedic work is a cornerstone of classical literature, offering extensive insights into the natural world, including geography, botany, zoology, and human history. Tragically, Pliny the Elder perished in 79 AD during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. more

You May Also Like

“Life does not need to mutilate itself in order to be pure.”

Life Needs Doe Order Pure Purity

Book:First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge

Source: First and Last Notebooks: Supernatural Knowledge

“She fights and vanquishes in me, and I live and breathe in her, and I have life and being.”

Love Life Fighting Breathe Vanquish

Author:Miguel de Cervantes

“I made my mistakes, but in all of my years in public life, I have never profited, never profited from public serviceI have earned every cent. And in all of my years of public life, I have never obstructed justice. And I think, too, that I could say that in my years of public life, that I welcome this kind of examination, because people have got to know whether or not their President is a crook. Well, I am not a crook. I have earned everything I have got.”

People Thinking Knows Life Years Wells Kind Made President Justice Mistake Welcome Cents Examination Public Service Public Life My Mistakes Crooks

Author:Richard M. Nixon

“We cannot discuss the state of our minorities until we first have some sense of what we are, who we are, what our goals are, and what we take life to be. The question is not what we can do now for the hypothetical Mexican, the hypothetical Negro. The question is what we really want out of life, for ourselves, what we think is real.”

Thinking Want Life Firsts Real States Goal Can Do Real Life Who We Are Minorities Mexican Hypothetical

Author:James A. Baldwin

“All my life Ive known better than to depend on the experts. How could I have been so stupid, to let them go ahead?”

Life Has Beens Known Stupid Depends Experts

Author:John F. Kennedy

“Seek ye counsel of the aged for their eyes have looked on the faces of the years and their ears have hardened to the voices of Life. Even if their counsel is displeasing to you, pay heed to them.”

Ifs Life Years Wisdom Eye Age Faces Voice Pay Experience Ears Aging Heed Hardened

Author:Khalil Gibran

“Each makes this cosmos and its construction the pivot of his emotional life, in order to find in this way peace and security which he can not find in the narrow whirlpool of personal experience.”

Way Life Order Security Emotional Individuality Cosmos Construction Can Not Personal Experiences Art And Science Emotional Life Peace And Security Whirlpools

Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

“Every true man, sir, who is a little above the level of the beasts and plants does not live for the sake of living, without knowing how to live; but he lives so as to give a meaning and a value of his own to life.”

Men Life Giving Littles Doe Values Levels Knowing Plant Sake Beast Very True True Man Plants And Life

Book:Six Characters in Search of an Author

Source: Six Characters in Search of an Author

“Ahimsa is the attribute of the soul, and therefore, to be practiced by everybody in all affairs of life. If it cannot be practiced in all departments, it has no practical value.”

Ifs Life Soul Values Affair Practicals Department Attributes Ahimsa

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The new sound-sphere is global. It ripples at great speed across languages, ideologies, frontiers and races. The economics of this musical Esperanto is staggering. Rock and pop breed concentric worlds of fashion, setting and life-style. Popular music has brought with it sociologies of private and public manner, of group solidarity. The politics of Eden come loud.”