Pliny the Elder

"From the end spring new beginnings. "

"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. "

"In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. "

"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 "

"No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments. "

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

"There is always something new out of Africa. "

"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. "