What did Pliny the Elder mean by: Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird! - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy Copy
+ A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Buying, Judgment, Reflection, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Dream, Hope, 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
+ An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Education, Goal, Marriage, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Earth, Remains, Science, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Civilization, Glory, Writing, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Desire, Gratification, 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
You can’t make an architect. But you can open the doors and windows toward the light as you see it. - Frank Lloyd Wright Architect · USA
Gray hairs seem to my fancy like the soft light of the moon, silvering over the evening of life. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
My death, taking the light from my eyes, gives back to the day the purity which they soiled. - Jean Racine Playwright · France
I sit at my window and the words fly past me like birds — with God’s help I catch some. - Jean Rhys Writer · Dominica
Every human being is a mixture of light and darkness, trust and fear, love and hate. - Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
Does it take the harsh light of disaster to show a person’s true nature? - Jean-Dominique Bauby Journalist · France
There is no light in electronincs. There is lightening. But lightening is not real light. - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
