{"title":"Take No One's Word — Horace","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-t-shirt","title":"Nullius in Verba — Horace Heretics T-Shirt","description":"\u003cp\u003eHorace wrote it around 20 BC as a quiet declaration of intellectual independence — \u003cem\u003enullius in verba\u003c\/em\u003e, take no one's word for it. Seventeen centuries later, the Royal Society made it their motto, and meant the same thing: evidence before authority, always.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nullius in Verba. Take nobody's word for it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 20 BC, Horace was done with philosophical allegiances. He'd studied Epicureans, Stoics, Pythagoreans — and he refused to swear loyalty to any of them. The line he wrote, \u003cem\u003enullius addictus iurare in verba magistri\u003c\/em\u003e — not bound to swear by the words of any master — wasn't a polite disagreement. It was a declaration of intellectual independence. Go and test it yourself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1662, a group of natural philosophers in London made it their motto. The Royal Society — Newton, Boyle, Wren, Hooke — was built on a single provocation: stop repeating what Aristotle said. Look at the world. Run the experiment. The motto they chose wasn't theirs originally. It was Horace's. Two thousand years old and still the sharpest thing they could find.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you've ever:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLooked up the actual study after someone cited \"the science\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRead the original text because the summary didn't feel right\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsked \"but how do we actually know that?\" and watched the room go quiet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Latin runs centered at the top, each word held apart by dots — the same typographic convention Roman scribes used when writing without spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe warm burnished rule below is the dividing line between claim and evidence: above it, the assertion; below it, the attribution. \"Horace · Epistles I.1\" and \"Royal Society · 1662\" sharing a line — two sources, twenty centuries apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe design shows its work the same way the motto insists you should.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Tee\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e100% combed and ring-spun cotton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFabric weight: 4.2 oz\/yd² (142 g\/m²)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRetail fit, true to size\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide-seamed construction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMachine washable, cold water\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQuoteiac logo on the left sleeve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe scientist who got into science because they wanted to see for themselves. The reader who checks the footnotes. The one who learned, early, that authority and accuracy are not the same thing — and never forgot it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear the refusal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-journal\"\u003eNullius in Verba Journal\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/products\/nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-phone-case\"\u003ePhone Case\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the full story: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/nullius-in-verba-horace\"\u003eThe story behind Nullius in Verba\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHorace, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 65–8 BC, Roman Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBorn to a freed slave — his father worked as a tax collector and spent everything he had to give Horace a proper Roman education in Rome and Athens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFought on the losing side at the Battle of Philippi (44 BC), survived, and came home to write some of the most durable Latin poetry ever made\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eEpistles\u003c\/em\u003e were written in his late career — verse letters addressed to friends, full of philosophical sparring and practical advice about how to live\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis line \"carpe diem\" is the most quoted Latin phrase in the modern world. \"Nullius in verba\" is the one that built modern science.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eSize Chart (Bella+Canvas)\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eSize\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eWidth (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003cth\u003eLength (in)\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.5\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e27\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eS\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e18\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e28\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eM\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e20\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e30\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eXL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e24\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e31\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2XL\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e26\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"XS","offer_id":42769794891870,"sku":"8887272_21593","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"S","offer_id":42769794924638,"sku":"8887272_21594","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"M","offer_id":42769794957406,"sku":"8887272_21595","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"L","offer_id":42769794990174,"sku":"8887272_21596","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"XL","offer_id":42769795022942,"sku":"8887272_21597","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"2XL","offer_id":42769795055710,"sku":"8887272_21598","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Nullius_in_Verba_Horace_Heretics_TShirt_front.png?v=1782507220"},{"product_id":"nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-journal","title":"Nullius in Verba — Horace Heretics Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Royal Society adopted “Nullius in verba” as its motto in 1662 — a line it drew from Horace, written in the first century BC. Some standards hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWrite nothing down you haven't checked — this journal is for the thinker who takes Horace's instruction to the Royal Society seriously, two thousand years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nullius in Verba. Take nobody's word for it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Royal Society didn't adopt Horace's line because it sounded good on a crest. They chose it because it was the operating principle of everything they were doing in the 1660s — Newton measuring light through a prism, Boyle compressing gases, Wren mapping London after the Great Fire. Don't appeal to Aristotle. Don't appeal to the Church. Look at the thing. Write down what you see. That's what the journal is for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriting isn't a neutral act. It's the place where the observation becomes the record — where \"I think\" becomes \"I know, and here's why.\" Horace's line applies to everything you put in here: the idea you're not sure about yet, the argument you're working through, the thing someone told you that doesn't quite add up. The pages are for what you've actually looked at. Not what you've been told.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNULLIUS IN VERBA stacks down the center of the cover, one word to a line — three words, each given the room to stand on its own.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe warm burnished rule marks the line between the claim and the evidence: above it, \"Nullius in Verba \/ Take nobody's word for it.\" Below it, where the evidence goes: Horace · Epistles I.1 and Royal Society · 1662.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe cover does what the motto does: it shows its sources.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-t-shirt\"\u003eNullius in Verba Tee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Journal\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWriting isn't recording — it's thinking with your hands. The page is where an observation becomes a conclusion and a question becomes an argument.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5.5″ × 8.5″ — the right size to carry and use, not display\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 10.9 oz (309 g)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e80 pages of lined, cream-colored paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMatching elastic closure and ribbon marker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpandable inner pocket for loose notes\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe note-taker who goes back to the primary source. The thinker who writes to find out what they actually believe. The one who treats a blank page not as a space to record conclusions, but as a place to earn them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWrite your evidence.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the full story: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/nullius-in-verba-horace\"\u003eThe story behind Nullius in Verba\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHorace, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 65–8 BC, Roman Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSon of a freed slave — his father's entire ambition was Horace's education, and it worked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eEpistles\u003c\/em\u003e are verse letters: poems written as correspondence, addressed to real people, full of argument and the business of thinking things through on the page\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe wrote \u003cem\u003enullius addictus iurare in verba magistri\u003c\/em\u003e — \"not bound to swear by the words of any master.\" Not bound. That's the whole thing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Royal Society took his line in 1662 and built experimental science around it. The world changed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42769827856478,"sku":"6839751_16952","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/Nullius_in_Verba_Horace_Heretics_Journal_front.png?v=1782507125"},{"product_id":"nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-phone-case","title":"Nullius in Verba — Horace Heretics Phone Case","description":"\u003cp\u003eHorace wrote this in the first century BC. The Royal Society made it their motto in 1662. It’s still the right thing to carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarry the two-thousand-year-old instruction that became the Royal Society's motto — and that every phone in your pocket quietly violates — with you everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHorace\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Nullius in Verba. Take nobody's word for it.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou pick up your phone sixty, eighty, a hundred times a day. Every time you do, \"NULLIUS IN VERBA\" is the first thing you see — not as decoration, but as a question. What did you just read? Did you check it? Horace wrote this in 20 BC because he was tired of people citing Aristotle instead of looking at the world. The Royal Society made it their motto in 1662 for the same reason. It's still the same question every time you pick this up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Design\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNULLIUS IN VERBA stacks three words on a matte black case. Beneath them, the translation. A gold rule divides the claim from the record: Horace · Epistles I.1 and Royal Society · 1662 — two sources, twenty centuries apart, sharing a line. The design shows its work the same way the motto does.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlso available: \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-t-shirt\"\u003eNullius in Verba Tee\u003c\/a\u003e — wear the refusal. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/products\/nullius-in-verba-horace-heretics-journal\"\u003eNullius in Verba Journal\u003c\/a\u003e — write your evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout This Case\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTough dual-layer construction — flexible TPU inner layer, hard polycarbonate outer shell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRaised edges protect the screen and camera\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInduction charging compatible — works with most wireless devices\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvailable for iPhone 11 through iPhone 17 Pro Max\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem style=\"font-size: 0.875rem;\"\u003eCare note: Keep away from liquids with high alcohol content and prolonged direct sunlight to preserve the design.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe one who actually reads the study. The one who follows the footnote. The one who learned — from a teacher, a mistake, or both — that the loudest claim and the true one are not always the same thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCarry the challenge.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead the full story: \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/journal\/nullius-in-verba-horace\"\u003eThe story behind Nullius in Verba\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHorace, in Plain English\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLived: 65–8 BC, Roman Italy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHis father was a freed slave who worked as a tax collector; the money went entirely to Horace's education in Rome and Athens\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHe fought at the Battle of Philippi, survived the losing side, came home, and spent the rest of his life writing — including the \u003cem\u003eOdes\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eSatires\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eEpistles\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe line that became the Royal Society's motto was written in a verse letter, addressed to a friend, in a poem about refusing to be anyone's philosophical disciple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Carpe diem\" is his most quoted line. \"Nullius in verba\" is his most consequential.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Quoteiac","offers":[{"title":"iPhone 11","offer_id":42770301681758,"sku":"8513984_15392","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 11 Pro","offer_id":42770301714526,"sku":"8513984_15393","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 11 Pro Max","offer_id":42770301747294,"sku":"8513984_15394","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 mini","offer_id":42770301780062,"sku":"8513984_15396","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12","offer_id":42770301812830,"sku":"8513984_15395","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 Pro","offer_id":42770301845598,"sku":"8513984_15397","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 12 Pro Max","offer_id":42770301878366,"sku":"8513984_15398","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 mini","offer_id":42770301911134,"sku":"8513984_15400","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13","offer_id":42770301943902,"sku":"8513984_15399","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 Pro","offer_id":42770301976670,"sku":"8513984_15401","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 13 Pro Max","offer_id":42770302009438,"sku":"8513984_15402","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14","offer_id":42770302042206,"sku":"8513984_16125","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Plus","offer_id":42770302074974,"sku":"8513984_16129","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Pro","offer_id":42770302107742,"sku":"8513984_16127","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 14 Pro Max","offer_id":42770302140510,"sku":"8513984_16131","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15","offer_id":42770302173278,"sku":"8513984_17715","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Plus","offer_id":42770302206046,"sku":"8513984_17717","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Pro","offer_id":42770302238814,"sku":"8513984_17719","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 15 Pro Max","offer_id":42770302271582,"sku":"8513984_17721","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16","offer_id":42770302304350,"sku":"8513984_20306","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Plus","offer_id":42770302337118,"sku":"8513984_20307","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Pro","offer_id":42770302369886,"sku":"8513984_20308","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 16 Pro Max","offer_id":42770302402654,"sku":"8513984_20309","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17","offer_id":42770302435422,"sku":"8513984_33989","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Air","offer_id":42770302468190,"sku":"8513984_33990","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Pro","offer_id":42770302500958,"sku":"8513984_33991","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"iPhone 17 Pro Max","offer_id":42770302533726,"sku":"8513984_33992","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0554\/8664\/4318\/files\/tough-case-for-iphone-matte-iphone-11-front-6a3997fb8277c.png?v=1782159366"}],"url":"https:\/\/quoteiac.com\/collections\/horace-nullius-in-verba.oembed","provider":"Quoteiac","version":"1.0","type":"link"}