An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Original Citation
Pliny the Younger. Epistulae [Letters]. c. 1st century, bk. 2, no. 15.
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Current Citation
Pliny the Younger. Complete Letters, translated by P. G. Walsh. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2, no. 15.
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