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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.]

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Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.

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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.

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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.

by John Milton Found in: Enjoyment Quotes,
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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.

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Who can enjoy alone?
Or all enjoying what contentment find?

Who can enjoy alone?
Or all enjoying what contentment find?

by John Milton Found in: Enjoyment Quotes,
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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.

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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.]

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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.".

by Francis Quarles Found in: Enjoyment Quotes,
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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.

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