Letters of Pliny

Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) · c. 97–c. 112 CE (letters collected/arranged for publication by Pliny) primary

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Pliny notes that the same news and examples that please people can also shape their conduct, and he closes his message with a farewell to his correspondent.

writing to me: not only as we are all of us naturally fond, you know, of news, but because example has a very beneficial influence upon our own conduct. Farewell.

XCIII -- To GALLUS

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topics: friendship and loyalty · justice as a virtue · language, naming, and meaning

Letters of Pliny · Pliny the Younger (Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus) · 97–112