What did Pliny the Elder mean by: A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment. - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy Copy
+ Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual? Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Belief, Numbers, Purpose, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Conscious, Envy, Inferiority, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Country, Youth, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected? Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Impossible, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Discovery, Valuable, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Honor, Obligation, Strong, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Drink, Wine, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Charming, Novelty, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
Art is not a reflection of reality, it is the reality of a reflection. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Meaning does not interest me and has almost nothing to do with my decisions or judgments. - Jeff Wall
I looked at my reflection in the rearview mirror. Some lipstick would go with this truck, I thought. - Jennifer Niven Author
The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face. - William Makepeace Thackeray Author · India
Where judgment has wit to express it, there’s the best orator. - William Penn Founder of the Province of Pennsylvania · England