Quotes by Pliny Elder

• In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
• Truth comes out in wine.
• From the end spring new beginnings.
• An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
• There is always something new out of Africa.
• Home is where the heart is.
• The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
• The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
• The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
• The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
• Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
• Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
• It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
• 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.
• Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
• No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.