Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote / Image

Quote image editor Søren Kierkegaard

Back to previous page

“Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. They fare as did that dwarf who kept guard over a captured princess in his castle. One day he took midday nap. When he woke up an hour later, the princess was gone. Quickly he pulled on his seven-league boots; with one stride he was far beyond her.” — Søren Kierkegaard

Quote 1080 x 1350 Instagram portrait
More
Platforms
Pure ratios
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. They fare as did that dwarf who kept guard over a captured princess in his castle. One day he took midday nap. When he woke up an hour later, the princess was gone. Quickly he pulled on his seven-league boots; with one stride he was far beyond her.
— Søren Kierkegaard