What did Pliny the Elder mean by: How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected? - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas). Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Common, Wine, 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
+ No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Opportunity, Shining, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Building, Desert, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
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