1I do indeed praise our friend Rufus, not because you asked me to do so but because he is most deserving of it. 1For I have read his book, perfect in every respect, to which my love for the man himself added much favour in my eyes. 1Yet I did judge it; 1for it is not only those who read with malice who judge. 1Farewell.
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Pliny · Epistulae IX
Pliny, Letter 9.38
Praise for Rufus' book
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