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How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ;
And how with the longest day enjoy!
[Lat., read more
How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ;
And how with the longest day enjoy!
[Lat., Quam vellem longas tecum requiescere noctes,
Et tecum longos pervigilare dies.]
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
Excellence is not a singular act, but a habit. You are what you repeatedly do.
A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine read more
A nail is driven out by another nail, habit is overcome by habit.
[Lat., Clavus clavo pellitur, consuetudo consuetudine vincitur.]
It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying
yourself when you aren't.
It is a curious thing that people only ask if you are enjoying
yourself when you aren't.
If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.
If your capacity to acquire has outstripped your capacity to enjoy, you are on the way to the scrap-heap.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Habit is stronger than nature.
[Lat., Consuetudo natura potentior est.]
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.
