"An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit."

--

Source : "The Letters of Pliny the Younger". Book by Pliny the Elder (Book II, Letter 15), 1751.

Pliny the Elder

#Marriage Quotes #Education Quotes #Goal Quotes

“I have learned from my own experience that if you work hard you will succeed.”
“When I first got into this biz called show, I decided I was going to change my name, make it more Hollywood. And you know how you do that? You take your middle name and the first street that you ever lived on. So when I first started, I actually went by Sue Rural Route 2.”
“Causal analysis provides absolutely no value judgment, and a value judgment is absolutely not a causal explanation.”
“Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves, of course, each other. If girls dressed for boys, they'd just walk around naked at all times.”
“Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.”
“God will never tell us to do something that gratifies the flesh.”
“It is always the older that emanates the new one.”
“I was not an easy kid.”

You may also like:

Galen
Physician
Livy
Historian
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Philosopher
Pliny the Younger
Author
Plutarch
Biographer
Seneca the Younger
Philosopher
Strabo
Geographer
Suetonius
Historian
Tacitus
Historian