Pliny the Elder

Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Pliny the Elder?

  • → Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
  • → Fond memory brings the light of other days around me.
  • → And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
  • → All that's bright must fade, The brightest still the fleetest; All that's sweet was made, But to be lost when sweetest.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Pliny the Elder.

  • → In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
  • → It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
  • → The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
  • → Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Pliny the Elder.

  • → A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
  • → The measure of a man is what he does with power.
  • → From the end spring new beginnings.
  • → He is not wise to me who is wise in words only, but he who is wise in deeds.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to Pliny the Elder. Which one?

  • → The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
  • → The soul of man is immortal and imperishable.
  • → Silence is the virtue of fools.
  • → There is always something new out of Africa.
  
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• Which one of these belongs to Pliny the Elder?

  • → The important thing is not to think much but to love much; do, then, whatever most arouses you to love.
  • → Abstinence is as easy to me as temperance would be difficult.
  • → In wine, there's truth.
  • → Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
  
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• Can you identify the right quote belonging to Pliny the Elder?

  • → When defeat is inevitable, it is wisest to yield.
  • → It is always the adventurers who do great things, not the sovereigns of great empires.
  • → No mortal man, moreover is wise at all moments.
  • → The only vice which cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
  
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• Guess which of these quotes is attributed to Pliny the Elder.

  • → In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
  • → The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
  • → The heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close.
  • → It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury.
  
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• One of the following quotations belongs to Pliny the Elder. Which one?

  • → Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
  • → The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
  • → Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.
  • → One is punished by the very things by which he sins.
  
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