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
+ There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Book, Can Not, 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
+ Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Creatures, Smallest, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful? Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Believe, Math, Powerful, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ 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
+ Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Common, Consideration, Share, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Conscience, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Adversity, Misfortunes, 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