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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.
 A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
 [Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.]  
 A thing seriously pursued affords true enjoyment.
 [Lat., Res severa est verum gaudium.] 
 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. 
 For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full
 Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond
  Higher read more 
 For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full
 Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond
  Higher design than to enjoy his state. 
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.
 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. 
 I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be 
described.
 [Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit read more 
 I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be 
described.
 [Fr., Je l'ai toujours dit et senti, la veritable jouissance ne 
se decrit point.] 
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
 How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ;
 And how with the longest day enjoy!
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 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.]