Pliny the Elder

“There is always something new out of Africa.”

“There is always something new out of Africa.”

“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.”

“In vino veritas.”

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

“Fortune favors the brave.”

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

“Home is where the heart is.”

“Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvellous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time?”

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

“The desire for glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.”

“It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done in its proper season.”

“How many things, both just and unjust, are sanctioned by custom!”

“In wine there is truth.”

“The only certainty is that nothing is certain.”

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

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

“Home is where the heart is.”

“It is a law of nature that we overlook the nearest things and strain our eyes to see things that are far away.”

“The desire for glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.”