Occupation: Author Birth: 23 Death: August 25, 79
Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man..
Our civilization depends largely on paper..
It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it..
We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides..
Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?.
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer's judgment..
Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking..
We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off..
Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences..
The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys orders, r….
The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees..
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen..
God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion..
Chance is a second master..
When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee..
A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life..
All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents; and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had be….
The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs..
There is always something new out of Africa..
The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list..
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it..