Pliny the Elder Quotes

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

With the addition of a pinch of salt.

And truth has come to be proverbially credited to wine.

There is always something new out of Africa.

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.

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

In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

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.

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.

From the end spring new beginnings.

The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.

Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.

Truth comes out in wine.

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

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.

Home is where the heart is.