What did Pliny the Elder mean by: No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity. - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Example, 0 - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy
+ Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird! Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Bird, Cat, Light, 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
+ 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
To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity. - Lewis Mumford Historian · USA
Personally, I think life offers us the opportunity to take chances and make changes all the time. - Jean Smart
Yesterday’s shining heroes of Brexit have become the sorrowful heroes of today. - Jean-Claude Juncker Politician · Luxembourg
Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity. - Jeane Kirkpatrick Political scientist and diplomat
Always maintain a joyful mind. Appreciate the struggles as opportunities to wake up. - Jeff Bridges Actor · USA
I’m at this time in life when I have to take the opportunities I have left. - Jeff Bridges Actor · USA
