Quote: "The censorship may tolerate innocent jokes: my page indulges in freedoms, but my life is pure."
Comment: In the passage where he speaks to his book and talks about why shorter texts are better,I felt as if in comparison to his other works, his writing was much more "punchy", and he elaborated less. The Epigram was, in itself, an example on brevity (which I thought was pretty cool).
Question: I wonder how common plagiarism was, especially for artists that were not widely spread at the time. How easy would it have been for a plagiarist to travel and claim a work is their own without getting caught? What would the repercussions be?