An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that … - Pliny the Younger

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

Pliny the Younger

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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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Alternative Names: C. Plinius Caecilius Secundus • Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus • the Younger Pliny • Gaius Caecilius Cilo

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As it is far better to excel in any single art, than to arrive only at a mediocrity in several; so on the other hand, a moderate skill in several is to be preferred, where one cannot attain to excellency in any.

Ut satius unum aliquid insigniter facere quam plura mediocriter, ita plurima mediocriter, si non possis unum aliquid insigniter.

Dicere etiam solebat nullum esse librum tam malum ut non aliqua parte prodesset..

An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. - Pliny the Younger

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