Quote#Happiness
No, youth is not the age of pleasure; we then expect too much, and…
Quote byRobert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool · 1770–1828
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Remarks to Egerton Brydges (1794), quoted in Sir Egerton Brydges, The Autobiography, Times, Opinions, and Contemporaries of Sir Egerton Brydges, Vol. I (1834), p. 181.
English (original)
No, youth is not the age of pleasure; we then expect too much, and are therefore exposed to daily disappointments and mortification. When we are a little older, and have brought down our wishes to our experience, then we become calm and begin to enjoy ourselves.
— Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool
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