Pliny the Elder Quotes
No one is wise at all times.
Citations
Pliny the Elder. Natural History, Book 7. Translated by John Bostock and H.T. Riley, Taylor and Francis, 1855, p. 187.
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Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 – 79), called Pliny the Elder (/ˈplɪni/), was a Roman author, a naturalist and natural philosopher, a naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of emperor Vespasian. He wrote the encyclopedic Naturalis Historia (Natural History), which became an editorial model for encyclopedias. He spent most of his spare time studying, writing, and investigating natural and geographic phenomena in the field.
