“I felt exactly like the man in the advertisement who has not devoted fifteen minutes a day to the study of the classics. If only (I thought) I had devoted fifteen minutes a day to the cultivation of the aesthetic attitude! I could bound Afghanistan.”
"Contemporary Reminiscences" in Arts & Decoration, Vol. 26 (1927), p. 50
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The Common School Journal, Vol. V, No. 19 (2 October 1843)
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When asked about this quote, he would corrupt it intentionally, including:
1968 - 1974
“To appreciate heaven well
'T is good for a man to have some fifteen minutes of hell.”
Will Carleton (1845–1912) poet.
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Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Is it a sign of self-respect to regret nearly everything you do?
Hays translation
VIII, 53
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book VIII