dots-menu
×

Home  »  Familiar Quotations  »  8991 Pliny the Younger 61-105 AD John Bartlett

John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8991 Pliny the Younger 61-105 AD John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8991
AUTHOR:Pliny the Younger (61–105 A.D.)
QUOTATION:That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Letters. Book viii. Letter ix. 3.
 
Note 1.
Il dolce far niente (The sweet do nothing).—A well known Italian proverb. [back]