Pliny the Elder Quotes

It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.

Pliny the Elder

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: roman
  • Birth: 23 - 79

Topics

GoodReputationLoseMoreNever

I really enjoy squeezing out a big lump of paint directly onto the canvas and leaving it; fresh, immediate and sometimes shocking.

John Dyer

EnjoySometimesLeavingCanvasPaint

If somebody says, 'That's Elon's mum,' which happens quite a bit, they are usually stunned; sometimes they cry. I'm flattered because, I mean, to them, he's saving the world. They just feel he's the only hope.

Maye Musk

HopeWorldFeelSometimesCryMean

It is true that raids and battles killed a tiny percentage of the numbers that die in modern warfare. But in tribal violence, the clashes are more frequent, the percentage of men in the population who fight is greater, and the rates of death per battle are higher.

Steven Pinker

MenDeathFightBattleDieViolence

I want to do parts that are outside of the box.

Rutina Wesley

WantOutsideBoxParts

With European powers no new subjects of difficulty have arisen, and those which were under discussion, although not terminated, do not present a more unfavorable aspect for the future preservation of that good understanding which it has ever been our desire to cultivate.

Martin Van Buren

GoodFuturePresentUnderstanding

I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure.

Michael Ondaatje

EndingRealSeeClosureSenseAny

We're always observing, and we're cautious people. We really want attention, but at the same time, we're ashamed of wanting attention. All those bizarre qualities of being outside are necessary for being a writer.

Min Jin Lee

TimePeopleAttentionWantOutside

If I'm riding my bike I just replay the same scenarios over and over in my head, like I haven't had a new mental adventure since high school. So that's what I like about books on tape, so my mind can't wander anywhere.

David Sedaris

BikeAdventureSchoolMindWander

Sadly, I never really tell people what I think. So it's a real treat to play a woman who's able to speak her mind unabashedly.

Annaleigh Ashford

WomanPeopleMindTreatSpeakThink

I don't really like using ridicule as a form of humor.

Alison Jackson

HumorRidiculeLikeFormReally

There is pain and sacrifice in everyone's world. That's why, when I was dancing, I had no pain.

Suzanne Farrell

PainSacrificeWorldWhyDancing

DePaul's plot to deny me tenure had nothing to do with my faults. In fact, and ironically, it viciously attacked me and destroyed my career because of my virtues. Which, although few in number, they still found threatening.

Norman Finkelstein

MeCareerNothingDestroyedPlot

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