About Pliny the Younger
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (born Gaius Caecilius or Gaius Caecilius Cilo; 61 – c. 113), better known in English as Pliny the Younger ( PLIN-ee), was a lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome. Pliny's uncle, Pliny the Elder, helped raise and educate him.
More quotations from Pliny the Younger
To have little is to possess.
To have plenty is to be perplexed.
More quotations tagged with “laziness”
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it.
Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.
Failure is not the only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.
Idleness and lack of occupation tend—nay are dragged—towards evil.
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