An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. — Pliny the Younger
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
In the original Latin
Rarum id quidem nihil enim aeque gratum est adeptis quam concupiscentibus.
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Pliny the Younger. Complete Letters, translated by P. G. Walsh. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, no. 15.
Original citation
Pliny the Younger. Epistulae [Letters]. c. 1st century, bk. 2, no. 15.