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Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
Learning is pleasurable but doing is the height of enjoyment.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.]
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
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.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.
