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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ 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
+ It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Loses, Reputation, Shameful, 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
+ Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour. Feraz Zeid, December 23, 2023January 10, 2024, Pliny the Elder, Advice, Secure, 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
