The living voice is that which sways the soul.
-- Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD)
-- Letters, Book ii, Letter iii, 9
-- Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD)
-- Letters, Book ii, Letter iii, 9
Related:
- An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD) -- Letters, Book ii... - He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that "no book was so bad but some
good might be got out of it."
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Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD) -- Letters, Book iii... - Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.
Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD) -- Letters, Book i,... - His only fault is that he has no fault.
-- Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD)
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Letters, Book ix, Letter xxvi,... - That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing.
Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD) -- Letters, Book viii... - This expression of ours, "Father of a family."
-- Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD)
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Letters, Book v, Letter xix,... - Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks
upon two legs."
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Pliny the Younger (61-105 AD) -- Letters, Book i,... - There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then,
write and let me know just this,--that there is nothing... - Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by
sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye.
We put off from time to time going and seeing what...
