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John Bartlett (1820–1905).  Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.  1919.
 
 
NUMBER:8988
AUTHOR:Pliny the Younger (61–105 A.D.)
QUOTATION:An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Letters. Book ii. Letter xv. 1.
 
Note 1.
See Goldsmith, Quotation 95. [back]
 

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