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It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes read more
It is not doing the thing we like to do, but liking the thing we have to do, that makes life blessed.
Though throned in highest bliss
Equal to God, and equally enjoying
God-like fruition.
Though throned in highest bliss
Equal to God, and equally enjoying
God-like fruition.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Who can enjoy alone?
Or all enjoying what contentment find?
Who can enjoy alone?
Or all enjoying what contentment find?
Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.
Philosophers are capable of almost endless enjoyment of mutual misunderstanding.
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.
The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one has to do.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.".
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.".
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are
ways and means of compounding such matters.
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are
ways and means of compounding such matters.