For he lives twice who can at once employ
The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Imitation of Martial
The present well, and e'en the past enjoy.
-- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)
-- Imitation of Martial
Related:
- Tis strange the miser should his cares employ To gain the riches
he can ne'er enjoy.
Alexander... - The man who lives in the past,
robs the present... - The good man prolongs his life; to be able to enjoy one's past life
is to live twice.
Martial (40-102 AD) -- Epigram x,... - Whose well-taught mind the present age surpast.
--
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- The Odyssey of Homer... - And taste
The melancholy joy of evils past:
For he who much has suffer'd,
much will know. -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744) --... - He best can paint them who shall feel them most.
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Alexander Pope (1688-1744) -- Eloisa to Abelard, Last... - He that fears not the future may enjoy the
present... - Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Alexander... - Patroclus, lov'd of all my martial train,
Beyond mankind,
beyond myself, is slain! -- Alexander Pope (1688-1744)...
From the same category:
- Lockwood's Long Shot:
The chances of getting eaten up by a lion on Main Street
aren't one in a million,
but once would be enough... - A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
Samuel... - fool: n. As used by hackers, specifically describes a person who
habitually reasons from obviously or demonstrably incorrect
premises and cannot be persuaded by evidence to do otherwise;
it is... - I don't miss deadlines,
I ignore them... - I've seen, I SAY, I've seen better heads on a mug of beer"
-
Senator...
