Pliny the Elder – 5 Quotes

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5 Quotes by 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.

– Pliny the Elder


Home is where the heart is.

– Pliny the Elder


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

– 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.

– Pliny the Elder


Truth comes out in wine.

– Pliny the Elder