“When soured by disappointment we must endeavor to pursue some fixed and pleasing course of study, that there may be no blank leaf in our book of life. Painful and disagreeable ideas vanish from the mind that can fix its attention upon any subject.” MindMayBookIdeasCoursesAttentionStudySubjectsPainfulDisappointmentPursueFixedMelancholyEndeavorBlankLeafsDisagreeableBook Of LifePain In Life Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“Books afford the surest relief in the most melancholy moments.” BookMomentsReadingReliefMelancholy Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
“The man whose bosom neither riches nor luxury nor grandeur can render happy may, with a book in his hand, forget all his torments under the friendly shade of every tree; and experience pleasures as infinite as they are varied, as pure as they are lasting, as lively as they are unfading, and as compatible with every public duty as they are contributory to private happiness.” MenMayBookHandsReadingForgetPleasureTreeHe ManDutyPureInfiniteRichesLuxuryFriendlyLastingShadeTormentBosomsGrandeurLivelyCompatible Author:Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann
