Pliny the Elder - From the Consideration category:
- b.AD 23 d.AD 79, Gaius Plinius Secundus... Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration. (Pliny the Elder)
Pliny the Elder - From the Criticism category:
- b.AD 23 d.AD 79, Gaius Plinius Secundus... It was also a practice with him, when he had completed a work, to exhibit it to the view of the passersby in his studio, while he himself, concealed behind the picture, would listen to the criticisms... (Pliny the Elder)
Pliny the Elder - From the Impossibilities category:
- b.AD 23 d.AD 79, Gaius Plinius Secundus... How many things... are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected? (Pliny the Elder)
Pliny the Elder - From the Plagiarism category:
-b.AD 23 d.AD 79, Gaius Plinius Secundus... 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. (Pliny the Elder)
Pliny the Elder - From the Wonder category:
-b.AD 23 d.AD 79, Gaius Plinius Secundus... Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? (Pliny the Elder)
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