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 upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected? - Pliny the Elder
In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment. - Pliny the Elder
There is always something new out of Africa. - Pliny the Elder
The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. - Pliny the Elder
The only certainty is that nothing is certain. - 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
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Pliny the Elder
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual? - Pliny the Elder
Ex Africa semper aliquid novi. - Pliny the Elder
No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments. - 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 for our living in it. - Pliny The Elder
Out of Africa, there is always something new. - 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
Non c'è nessun libro così cattivo che non abbia in sé qualcosa di buono. - Pliny the Elder
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain; and nothing more miserable and yet more arrogant than man. - Pliny the Elder
From the end spring new beginnings. - Pliny the Elder