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“Our imagination is struck only by what is great; but the lover of natural philosophy should reflect equally on little things.”

Should Littles Philosophy Imagination Natural Lovers Little Things Natural Philosophy

Book:Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America

Source: Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America

“There is a saying that no man has tasted the full flavour of life until he has known poverty, love and war. The justness of this reflection commends it to the lover of condensed philosophy. The three conditions embrace about all there is in life worth knowing. A surface thinker might deem that wealth should be added to the list. Not so. When a poor man finds a long-hidden quarter-dollar that has slipped through a rip into his vest lining, he sounds the pleasure of life with a deeper plummet than any millionaire can hope to cast.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of O. Henry (Illustrated)

“The philosophy of hedonism means little to lovers of pleasure. They have no inclination to read philosophy, or to write it.”

Writing Mean Littles Philosophy Pleasure Lovers Inclination Hedonism

Author:Mason Cooley