A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.
A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.
All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats I prefer the driest bread of common life.
No enjoyment, however inconsiderable, is confined to the present moment. A man is the happier for life from having made once an agreeable tour, or lived for any length of time with pleasant people, or enjoyed any considerable interval of innocent pleasure.
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