Quotes by Pliny The Elder




Pliny the Elder (23-79) was a Roman encyclopedist. His greatest and only surviving work, the "Natural History", has been called one of the most influential books ever written in Latin..

"Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great."

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"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."

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"The master's eye is the best fertilizer."

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"The happier the moment the shorter."

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"Home is where the heart is."

Pliny The Elder on home
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"Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others."

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"The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils."

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"There is always something new out of Africa."

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

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"Men are most apt to believe what they least understand."

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

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"The only certainty is that nothing is certain."

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