An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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b. 113
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (63 – c. 113), better known as Pliny the Younger, was a lawyer, an author and a natural philosopher of Ancient Rome.
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Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.
There is certainly no truth in the popular belief, that a man's will is the mirror of his character.
How much does the fame of human actions depend upon the station of those who perform them!
He used to say that "no book was so bad but that some good might be got out of it."
More cruel than death itself, to die at that particular conjuncture!
Character lies more concealed, and out of the reach of common observation.
Honour is to you and me as strong an obligation, as necessity to others.
For the malicious, is not, I trust, the only judicious reader.
The day, even when it is at the longest, is quickly spent.
The living voice is that which sways the soul.
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