Quote by Pliny the Elder
"The same refinements which characterize a civil and enlightened people are the causes of the decay of courage."
"The same refinements which characterize a civil and enlightened people are the causes of the decay of courage."
"The best plan is to profit from the folly of others."
"What nature requires is obtainable, and within easy reach. It is for the luxuries and conceits of life that we laboriously struggle."
"In comparing various authors with one another, he may be said to have read the most who has gotten the most benefit from his reading."
"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."