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Posted on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022

“An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.”—Pliny the Younger [Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundis], 61-c.113 AD

Posted on May 2, 2020May 2, 2020

“God rewards virtue; He shouldn’t have to furnish it.”—Aulus Gellius, Roman author, 125-180 AD

Posted on May 16, 2017

“You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on May 9, 2017May 9, 2017

“We desire nothing so much as what we ought not to have.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

“A few are unwilling to sin; everybody knows how.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman author, 1st century BC

Posted on December 19, 2016December 19, 2016

“No one in business can prosper if he believes what he is told.”—Petronius, Roman author

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