Pliny the Elder Quotes
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![In wine, there is the truth. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/80/18680A-in-wine-there-is-the-truth-pliny-the-elder.png)
In wine, there is the truth.
![Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/85/6185A-hope-is-the-pillar-that-holds-up-world-pliny-the-elder.png)
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world.
![The only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/02/27802A-the-only-certainty-is-that-nothing-is-certain-pliny-the-elder.png)
The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
![Pick something valuable out of everything you read. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/05/5805A-pick-something-valuable-out-of-everything-you-read-pliny-the-elder.png)
Pick something valuable out of everything you read.
![Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/88/10488A-simple-diet-is-best-for-many-dishes-bring-many-diseases-pliny-the-elder.png)
Simple diet is best; for many dishes bring many diseases.
![Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/20/2320A-let-honor-be-to-us-as-strong-obligation-as-necessity-pliny-the-elder.png)
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
![There is no book so bad but something valuable may be derived from it. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/36/5736A-there-is-no-book-so-bad-but-something-valuable-may-pliny-the-elder.png)
There is no book so bad but something valuable may be derived from it.
![How many things, too, are looked upon as quite impossible, until they have been actually effected? - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/92/16192A-how-many-things-too-are-looked-upon-as-quite-impossible-pliny-the-elder.png)
How many things, too, are looked upon as quite impossible, until they have been actually effected?
![It is far from easy to determine whether she has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/27/36427A-it-is-far-from-easy-to-determine-whether-she-has-pliny-the-elder.png)
It is far from easy to determine whether she has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother.
![It is far from easy to determine whether nature has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother. - Pliny the Elder quote.](/img/q/54/23854A-it-is-far-from-easy-to-determine-whether-nature-has-pliny-the-elder.png)
It is far from easy to determine whether nature has proved to man a kind parent or a merciless stepmother.
![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 quote.](/img/q/54/50654A-such-is-the-audacity-of-man-that-he-hath-learned-pliny-the-elder.png)
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.