Quotes by Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

And as in men’s bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Body

Disease

Men

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Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

Discernment

Favors

Perception

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Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea.

Given

Ideas

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Fear is a feeling that is stronger than love.

Feelings

Stronger

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For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.

Denial

Favors

Men

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Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Form

Generosity

Lovely

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Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

Glory

Motive

Our Actions

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He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that ‘no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it’.

Book

Gratitude

Might

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Honor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people.

Honor

Obligation

People

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However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

Done

Forget Everything

May

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Discernment

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Doing Nothing

Done

Doubt

Endure

Errors

Excellent

Excuse

Exercise

Eye

Fall

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Finishing

Forget Everything

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Generosity

Given

Glory

Gratitude

Happier Times

Honor

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Joy

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Learning

Lovely

Lying

Mali

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Quotes by Pliny the Younger

Pliny the Younger

And as in men’s bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head.

Everyone is prejudiced in favor of his own powers of discernment.

Everyone must be given something he can grasp and recognize as his own idea.

Fear is a feeling that is stronger than love.

For however often a man may receive an obligation from you, if you refuse a request, all former favors are effaced by this one denial.

Generosity, when once set going, knows not how to stop; as the more familiar we are with the lovely form, the more enamored we become of her charms.

Glory ought to be the consequence, not the motive of our actions.

He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that ‘no book [etc] was so bad but some good might be got out of it’.

Honor puts us under an obligation as binding as necessity is for other people.

However often you may have done them a favour, if you once refuse they forget everything except your refusal.

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