Nullius in Verba — Horace Quote Journal

Three browser tabs. Two contradict each other. One cites nothing. You pull out a notebook and start sorting what you actually know.

"Nullius in verba."
Take nobody's word for it.
— Horace · motto of the Royal Society, 1662
Condensed from Epistles I.1, line 14, c. 20 BC. We check every line against a primary source.

What comes next in Horace: quo me cumque rapit tempestas, deferor hospes. Wherever the storm carries me, I put in as a guest. He never signed on with any school.

Write down what you checked. Leave out what you were told.

Read the full story behind this quote: What Does Nullius in Verba Mean? (Not "Nothing in Words").

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