Samuel Pepys

de bene esse: literally, of well-being, morally acceptable but subject to future validation or exception

Pepys began his diary on January 1st, 1660.

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Starting out as the son of a poor London tailor, Samuel Pepys became his country’s top naval civil servant, a Member of Parliament and President of the Royal Society. He was also the author of the most famous and bestloved diary in the English language, renowned for its vivid picture of his tim