
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Happiness
Source: The Prime Minister (1876), Ch. 6
Un Art de Vivre (The Art of Living) (1939), The Art of Happiness
“Life would be very pleasant if it were not for its enjoyments.”
Mr. Facey Romford's Hounds ch. 39
Quote translated from his German book: Wer bin ich – und wenn ja, wie viele? Eine philosophische Reise, Goldmann, München 2007, ISBN 3-442-31143-8
Letter to General P.G.T. Beauregard (3 October 1865)
1860s
The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers (2001)
Variant: There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves.
Letter to Thurlow Weed (15 March 1865), reproduced in Lord Charnwood (1916), Abraham Lincoln: A Biography
1860s
Source: Aphorisms and Reflections (1901), p. 241
If you cannot tolerate the planet that it is on? Grade the ground first. If a man believes and expects great things of himself, it makes no odds where you put him, or what you show him ... he will be surrounded by grandeur. He is in the condition of a healthy and hungry man, who says to himself, — How sweet this crust is!
Letter to Harrison Blake (20 May 1860); published in Familiar Letters (1865)
Source: Reflections and Maxims (1746), p. 179.