A man must rate public and permanent, above private and fleeting advantages and study how to render his benefaction most useful, rather than how he m… - Pliny the Younger

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A man must rate public and permanent, above private and fleeting advantages and study how to render his benefaction most useful, rather than how he may bestow it with least expense.

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About Pliny the Younger

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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