John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
8985 Pliny the Younger 61-105 AD John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 8985 |
| AUTHOR: | Pliny the Younger (61–105 A.D.) |
| QUOTATION: | 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. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letters. Book i. Letter xi. 1. |
| Note 1. This comes to inform you that I am in a perfect state of health, hoping you are in the same. Ay, that ’s the old beginning.—Colman: The Heir at Law, act iii. sc. 2. [back] |