21 ordspråk av Pliny the Elder

Pliny the Elder

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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.

Alltid handla på ett sätt som tryggar din nästas kärlek.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world.

Hopp är en pelare som håller uppe världen.

Man is unique in that he knows nothing. He can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, in fact he can do nothing by natural instinct alone except weep

Människan är unik i det att den vet ingenting. Den kan inte lära sig någonting utan att bli undervisad. Den kan varken tala eller gå eller äta, faktum är att den inte kan göra någonting av naturlig instinkt ensam förutom gråta.

No one is wise at all times.

With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Home is where the heart is.

The master's eye is the best fertilizer.

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.

Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.

Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately extinguished lamp is enough to cause a miscarriage. And to think that from such a frail beginning a tyrant or butcher may be born! You who trust in your physical strength, who embrace the gifts of fortune and consider yourself not their ward but their son, you who have a domineering spirit, you who consider yourself a god as soon as success swells your breast, think how little could have destroyed you!

The lust of avarice has so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

With a grain of salt.

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