Author: Pliny the Elder

Quotes

Truth comes out in wine.

Truth comes out in wine.

- Pliny the Elder

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

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

- 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.

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

From the end spring new beginnings.

From the end spring new beginnings.

- Pliny the Elder

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

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

- Pliny the Elder

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

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

- Pliny the Elder

The invention of money opened a new field to human avarice by giving rise to usury and the practice of lending money at interest while the owner passes a life of idleness.

The invention of money opened a new field to human avarice by giving rise to usury and the practice of lending money at interest while the owner passes a life of idleness.

- 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.

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

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