Pliny The Elder Quotes

In wine, there's truth.

~ Pliny The Elder

True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, in writing what deserves to be read, and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.

~ Pliny The Elder

Out of Africa, there is always something new.

~ Pliny The Elder

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.

~ Pliny The Elder

It is best not to be born or to die as soon as possible.

~ Pliny The Elder

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

~ Pliny The Elder

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

~ Pliny The Elder

Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and others so much that their superstition is a shame to them.

~ Pliny The Elder

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.

~ Pliny The Elder

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.

~ Pliny The Elder

Truth comes out in wine.

~ Pliny The Elder

From the end spring new beginnings.

~ Pliny The Elder