What did Pliny the Elder mean by: There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it. - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy Copy
+ 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
+ God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Oblivion, Past, 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Food, Sad, 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
+ 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
That is the greatest gift my books have given me; what it means and has done for the kids. - Jean Craighead George
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Books can ignite fires in your mind, because they carry ideas for kindling, and art for matches. - Gary D. Schmidt Author
There is as much trickery required to grow rich by a stupid book as there is folly in buying it. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading. - Lin Yutang Writer · China
