1The same letter tells me both that you are not studying and that you are. 1Am I speaking in riddles? 1Plainly so, until I state more distinctly what I mean. 2For it says that you are not studying, but it is as polished as no one could write it except a man who was studying; 2or else you are fortunate beyond all men, if you accomplish such things through idleness and leisure. 2Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae VII
Pliny, Letter 7.13
A polished letter about idleness
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