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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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.
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the read more
The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.
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.]
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.
True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united.
Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest,
Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.
Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest,
Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.
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.
