C. Plinius Caecili Secundi Epistularum Liber Primus 3

C. PLINIUS CANINIO RUFO SUO S.

Quid agit Comum, tuae meaeque deliciae? quid suburbanum amoenissimum, quid illa porticus verna semper, quid platanon opacissimus, quid euripus viridis et gemmeus, quid subiectus et serviens lacus, quid illa mollis et tamen solida gestatio, quid balineum illud quod plurimus sol implet et circumit, quid triclinia illa popularia illa paucorum, quid cubicula diurna nocturna? What is in the suburbs at a most pleasant, that woman who was the colonnade of spring 's always, what platanon opacissimus, what was a canal, was green and bramlettei, what subject and subservient to the lakes, what thing is she is loose and, however, of solid and it is rocking, what a bath, of that which was most to the sun fills up and the round of the, what you are dining rooms for that have been popular that a little bit what the newspaper chambers night? Possident te et per vices partiuntur? Possessing you, and sometimes they share? An, ut solebas, intentione rei familiaris obeundae crebris excursionibus avocaris? Should I, as was your wont, the intention of the offensive on the part of the household, is called away by frequent obeundae? Si possident, felix beatusque es; si minus, 'unus e multis'. If you have, you are fortunate and blessed; if not, that's one out of a number '. Quin tu — tempus enim — humiles et sordidas curas aliis mandas, et ipse te in alto isto pinguique secessu studiis asseris? Hoc sit negotium tuum hoc otium; hic labor haec quies; in his vigilia, in his etiam somnus reponatur. Effinge aliquid et excude, quod sit perpetuo tuum. Us a model of any thing, and they hatch they that shall always be about your name. Nam reliqua rerum tuarum post te alium atque alium dominum sortientur, hoc numquam tuum desinet esse si semel coeperit. In fact, the rest of them one master after another, after you sortientur of your things, if you will cease to be your case it would never once had a beginning. Scio quem animum, quod horter ingenium; tu modo enitere ut tibi ipse sis tanti, quanti videberis aliis si tibi fueris. I know what I think, that this child who in abilities; Only no assurance that it will be worth the price if you seem to others. Vale.