Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus, better known as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, and natural philosopher, as well as naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and personal friend of the emperor Vespasian...
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names touching peaches
As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
latin littles rodents
When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
chance masters chances-are
Chance is a second master.
wise mind may
As in our lives so also in our studies, it is most becoming and most wise, so to temper gravity with cheerfulness, that the former may not imbue our minds with melancholy, nor the latter degenerate into licentiousness.
sympathy suicide men
Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
suicide suicidal men
Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God's best gift to man.
numbers purpose belief
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
dream hope men
Hope is a working-man's dream.
football silly games
Sure, football is a silly game. But have you seen what else is on television?
happiness moments
The happier the moment the shorter.
soul sickness
In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
mean vanity departed
... many other means there be, that promise the foreknowledge of things to come: besides the raising up and conjuring of ghosts departed, the conference also with familiars and spirits infernal. And all these were found out in our days, to be no better than vanities and false illusions...
life evil equal
The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
home heart home-is-where-the-heart-is
Home is where the heart is.