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“I texted Nightingale to let him know our change in disposition and then I picked up my Pliny, because nothing says stuck all alone in your flat like a Roman know-it-all”
― Ben Aaronovitch, Broken Homes

“... Mother Nature is punishing us, ..., for our greed and selfishness. We torture her at all hours by iron and wood, fire and stone. We dig her up and dump her in the sea. We sink mine shafts into her and drag out her entrails - and all for a jewel to wear on a pretty finer. Who can blame her if she occasionally quivers with anger?" - Pliny, Pg. 176”
― Robert Harris, Pompeii

“there may be greater glory in obedience where the desire to obey is less”
― Pliny the Younger, Panegyricus: Latin Text

“脌 ce propos, nous ajouterons encore une remarque concernant certaines descriptions d鈥櫭猼res 茅tranges qui se rencontrent dans ces r茅cits : comme ces descriptions datent naturellement tout au plus de l鈥檃ntiquit茅 芦 classique 禄, dans laquelle il s鈥櫭﹖ait d茅j脿 produit une incontestable d茅g茅n茅rescence au point de vue traditionnel, il est fort possible qu鈥檌l s鈥檡 soit introduit des confusions de plus d鈥檜ne sorte ; ainsi, une partie de ces descriptions peut en r茅alit茅 provenir des 芦 survivances 禄 d鈥檜n symbolisme qui n鈥櫭﹖ait plus compris [L鈥橦istoire Naturelle de Pline, notamment, semble 锚tre une 芦 source 禄 presque in茅puisable d鈥檈xemples se rapportant 脿 des cas de ce genre, et c鈥檈st d鈥檃illeurs une source 脿 laquelle tous ceux qui sont venus apr猫s lui ont puis茅 fort abondamment.]”
― Ren茅 Gu茅non, The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times

“In many ways, turnips are the unsung heroes of the root crop universe. They don't have the ad budget potatoes have, or the glamorous appearance of carrots, but they shouldn't be underestimated. They're high in vitamins and minerals, low in sugar, and taste delicious roasted, caramelized, or mashed with a pound of butter. Pliny the Elder considered the turnip the most important vegetable of his day, because "its utility surpasses that of any other plant's." Say what you want about Pliny the Elder... he was a man who knew his vegetables.”
― Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings

“In one of his later volumes, Earth, book XXXV, Pliny tells the story of a goldsmith who brought an unusual dinner plate to the court of Emperor Tiberius.

The plate was a stunner, made from a new metal, very light, shiny, almost as bright as silver. The goldsmith claimed he鈥檇 extracted it from plain clay, using a secret technique, the formula known only to himself and the gods. Tiberius, though, was a little concerned. The emperor was one of Rome鈥檚 great generals, a warmonger who conquered most of what is now Europe and amassed a fortune of gold and silver along the way. He was also a financial expert who knew the value of his treasure would seriously decline if people suddenly had access to a shiny new metal rarer than gold. 鈥淭herefore,鈥� recounts Pliny, 鈥渋nstead of giving the goldsmith the regard expected, he ordered him to be beheaded.鈥�

This shiny new metal was aluminum, and that beheading marked its loss to the world for nearly two millennia. It next reappeared during the early 1800s but was still rare enough to be considered the most valuable metal in the world. Napol茅on III himself threw a banquet for the king of Siam where the honored guests were given aluminum utensils, while the others had to make do with gold.”
― Peter H. Diamandis, Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

“This is where we keep the volumes which my ancestors brought back from Greece. One hundred and twenty plays by Sophocles alone. They are irreplaceable. We have never allowed them to be copied.鈥� She gripped his arm. 鈥淢en are born to die and die by the thousand every day. What do we matter? These great works are all that will be left of us. Pliny will understand.”
― Robert Harris - Pompeii