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

Letter 15, 1.
Letters, Book II

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Pliny the Younger50

Roman writer 61–113

James Burgh (1714–1775) British politician

The Dignity of Human Nature (1754)

“True beauty is rare, and seldom recognized by the one who possesses it.”

Francine Rivers book A Voice in the Wind

Source: A Voice in the Wind

“Scarlett O'Hara was not beautiful, but men seldom realized it when caught by her charm as the Tarleton twins were.”

Margaret Mitchell (1900–1949) American author and journalist

“In the working of wood and for the determining of its character I had had enough experience in my five-year pursuit of woodcutting. I also always gladly let the various charming grainings and sometimes the knots become involved in the printing.”

Emil Nolde (1867–1956) German artist

in Nolde's letter, c. 1910; in Alois J. Schardt, 'Nolde als Graphiker', Das Kunstblatt 11, no. 8., 1927, p. 289; as quoted in 'The Revival of Printmaking in Germany', I. K. Rigby; in German Expressionist Prints and Drawings - Essays Vol 1.; published by Museum Associates, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California & Prestel-Verlag, Germany, 1986, p. 52
1900 - 1920

“Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information; it is a creative human activity.”

Stephen Jay Gould (1941–2002) American evolutionary biologist

“The eye — which sees all objects reversed — retains the images for some time.”

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) Italian Renaissance polymath

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), I Prolegomena and General Introduction to the Book on Painting
Context: The eye — which sees all objects reversed — retains the images for some time. This conclusion is proved by the results; because, the eye having gazed at light retains some impression of it. After looking (at it) there remain in the eye images of intense brightness, that make any less brilliant spot seem dark until the eye has lost the last trace of the impression of the stronger light.