Pliny the Elder

wine truth vino veritas

“In vino veritas"

(In wine, there's truth)

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

glory doing deserve written writing read

“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.”

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

glory doing deserves written writing read world happier

“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 (23-79)

certainty nothing

“In these matters, the only certainty is that nothing is certain”

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

nulla dias linea day line

“Nulla dies sine linea - Not a day without a line.”

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

evil good

“There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.”

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

Sutor, Ne Ultra Crepidam shoemaker beyond shoe

“Sutor, Ne Ultra Crepidam”

(Shoemaker, not beyond the shoe)

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

hope pillar world dream wake

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

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

object possess charm pursuit

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

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

end beginning

"From the end spring new beginnings."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

marvelous knowledge impossible effected

"Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?"

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

unequal equality

"Nothing is so unequal as equality."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

neglect eyes close grasp pursue afar off

"We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

only fault

"His only fault is that he has no fault."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

land improve various seeds mind exercising different studies

"As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

youth manhood country old declining years ourselves

"Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)

civilization depend paper

"Our civilization depends largely on paper."

― Pliny the Elder (23-79)