Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) · c. 97–c. 112 CE (letters collected/arranged for publication by Pliny)
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in brief
Pliny responds to Pompeius Saturninus’s request for his work by asking for detailed review of a speech dedicating a public library, debating whether self-praise harms perceptions of virtue.
my delay in giving this piece to the public; but I submit them entirely to your judgment, which I shall ever esteem as a sufficient sanction of my conduct. Farewell.
HKB