Pliny the Younger - "Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. ..." :: WIST

Pliny the Younger (c. 61-c. 113) Roman politician, writer [Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus]

Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.

¶ Letters, Book VIII, letter 17

Added 01-Feb-2004 | Last update 20-Feb-2008
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