Quote#Books & Reading
I have never tasted pleasures so true as those I have found in the…
Quote byStéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis · 1746–1830
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Treasury of Thought (1881), p. 302 (Literature).
English (original)
I have never tasted pleasures so true as those I have found in the study of books, in writing, or in music. The days that succeed brilliant entertainments are always melancholy, but those which follow days of study are delicious; we have gained something; we have acquired some new knowledge, and we recall the past day not only without disgust and without regret, but with consummate satisfaction.
— Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de Saint-Aubin de Genlis
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