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The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on read more
My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy.
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.]
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be
interrupted.
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.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
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.".
The ice does not in pain scream
when in the sun he melts into stream
nor does he in pain read more
The ice does not in pain scream
when in the sun he melts into stream
nor does he in pain scream
when he higher climbs into spiraling steam.
