“Abstaining so as really to enjoy, is the epicurism, the very perfection, of reason.” ReasonEnjoyPerfectionAbstinenceAbstaining Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“If they who understand the utmost refinement of any art will enjoy the perfection of it in a manner superior to other men, will they not amply pay for that advantage in feeling more than other men the imperfection of it, which in the natural course of things must so much oftener fall in their way?” IfsMenWayArtFeelingsFallCoursesEnjoyNaturalPayAdvantagePerfectionSuperiorsImperfectionRefinement Author:Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke
“Business by no means forbids pleasures; on the contrary, they reciprocally season each other; and I will venture to affirm, that no man enjoys either in perfection that does not join both.” MeanDoeEnjoyPleasurePerfectionSeasonsContraryVenture Author:Lord Chesterfield