What did Pliny the Elder mean by: We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming. - Pliny the Elder Naturalist and author · Italy Copy
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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 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
+ Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Conscious, Envy, Inferiority, 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
Belief in form, but disbelief in content – that’s what makes an aphorism charming. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
As soon as we are shown the existence of something old in a new thing, we are pacified. Explain - Friedrich Nietzsche Philosopher · Germany
Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
The self-righteous feel no need to be charming, and thus double their offensiveness. - Mason Cooley Professor · USA
What novelty is worth that sweet monotony where everything is known, and loved because it is known? - George Eliot Author · England
There is change by necessity or adaptation, and there is contrived change or novelty. - Wendell Berry Writer · USA
