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"Modestus said of Regulus that he was "the biggest rascal that walks upon two legs.""
Letters. Book i. Letter v. 14.
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"There is nothing to write about, you say. Well, then, write and let me know just this,--that there is nothing to write about; or tell me in the good old style if you are well. That 's right. I am quite well."
Letters. Book i. Letter xi. 1.
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"Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt."
Letters. Book i. Letter xviii. 5.
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"The living voice is that which sways the soul."
Letters. Book ii. Letter iii. 9.
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"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."
Letters. Book ii. Letter xv. 1.
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"He [Pliny the Elder] used to say that "no book was so bad but some good might be got out of it.""
Letters. Book iii. Letter v. 10.
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"This expression of ours, "Father of a family.""
Letters. Book v. Letter xix. 2.
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"That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing."
Letters. Book viii. Letter ix. 3.
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"Objects which are usually the motives of our travels by land and by sea are often overlooked and neglected if they lie under our eye. . . . We put off from time to time going and seeing what we know we have an opportunity of seeing when we please."
Letters. Book viii. Letter xx. 1.
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"His only fault is that he has no fault."
Letters. Book ix. Letter xxvi. 1.
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