"We have to study, taste, live life and its gifts - swirl it in our mouths for a long time, so that we can properly thank the one from whom we received it as a gift. Most people enjoy pleasures like the relaxing feeling of sleep: unconsciously. When I feel something good, I don't just pick off the top, I dig to the root, because life is sweet, the fate of those who stop to enjoy its sweetness is sweet.
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Author
Michel de MontaigneAll Translations
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We have to study, taste, live life and its gifts - swirl it in our mouths for a long time, so that we can properly thank the one from whom we received it as a gift. Most people enjoy pleasures like the relaxing feeling of sleep: unconsciously. When I feel something good, I don't just pick off the top, I dig to the root, because life is sweet, the fate of those who stop to enjoy its sweetness is sweet.
""Tanulmányozni, ízlelni, megélni kell az életet és adományait - sokáig forgatni a szájunkban, hogy méltóképpen adhassunk hálát annak, akitől adományul kaptuk. A legtöbben az örömöket úgy élvezik, mint az alvás pihentető érzését: öntudatlanul. Amikor valami jót érzek, nem csupán a fölét szedem le, a gyökeréig ások, mert édes az élet, édes annak a sors, aki megáll élvezni édességét."