Quote#Wisdom
To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them
Quote byCharles Buxton · 1823–1871
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Notes of Thought (1883), p. 122.
English (original)
To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.
— Charles Buxton
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