Pliny on Idleness

[The famous Marley-Cat, in front of a soporific winter fire]

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"What are you doing, and what are your plans? As for me, I'm enjoying life to the full, which means I am thoroughly idle. Consequently I cant be bothered with writing longer letters in my pampered state, though I should welcome some to read in my idle hours. No one is so lazy as a pampered man [or cat]  ... with nothing to do."

Pliny, Letter to Cornelius Titianus