As it is far better to excel in any single art, than to arr… - Pliny the Younger

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As it is far better to excel in any single art, than to arrive only at a mediocrity in several; so on the other hand, a moderate skill in several is to be preferred, where one cannot attain to excellency in any.

Pliny the Younger

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Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome.

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Alternative Names: C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus • Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus • the Younger Pliny • Gaius Caecilius Cilo

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His only fault is that he has no fault.

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