Pliny the Younger Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63-ca. 113),
better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, an author and a
natural philosopher of Ancient Rome. - Modestus said of Regulus
that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs." -
Book I, letter 5, 14. - There is nothing to write about, you
say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,—that there is
nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you
are well. That 's right. I am quite well. - Book I, letter 11,
1. - Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are
in doubt. - Book I, letter 18, 5. - The living voice is that
which sways the soul. - Book II, letter 3, 9. - An object in
possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
- Book II, letter 15, 1. - He used to say that "no book was so
bad but that some good might be got out of it." - Book III,
letter 5, 10, referring to Pliny the Elder. - By then day had
broken everywhere, but here it was still night-no, more than
night. - Book IV, le