Famous Quotes by Pliny the Elder

Below are famous quotes by Pliny the Elder - Roman scholar & scientist (23 AD - 79 AD).

From the end spring new beginnings.

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

No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man.

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 for our living in it.

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?

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