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The only certainty is that nothing is certain. — Pliny the Elder

Scientific literature

The only certainty is that nothing is certain.

In the original Latin

Solum ut inter ista certum sit, nihil esse certi.

Pliny the Elder
77 BC
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Topic
CertaintyUncertaintyTruth
Statement type
Paradox
Genre
Scientific literature
Time
77 BCClassical antiquity
Person
Pliny the Elder
Provenance
Current citation
Pliny the Elder. Natural History: A Selection, translated by John F. Healy. Penguin Classics, 1991, bk. 2.
Original citation
Pliny the Elder. Historia Naturalis [Natural History]. 77 AD, bk. 2.

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