Olim nescio quid sit otium quid quies, quid denique illud i… - Pliny the Younger

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Olim nescio quid sit otium quid quies, quid denique illud iners quidem, iucundum tamen nihil agere nihil esse.

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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It is the usual though inequitable method of the world, to pronounce an action to be either right or wrong, as it is attended with good or ill success.

Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs."

Est enim quaedam etiam dolendi voluptas, praesertim si in amici sinu defleas, apud quem lacrimis tuis vel laus sit parata vel venia.

Olim nescio quid sit otium quid quies, quid denique illud iners quidem, iucundum tamen nihil agere nihil esse. - Pliny the Younger

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