Giacomo Leopardi: Il piacere è sempre o passato o futuro, non mai presente.

Il piacere è sempre o passato o futuro, non mai presente. — Giacomo Leopardi

Il piacere è sempre o passato o futuro, non mai presente.

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Two truths that most men will never believe: one that we know nothing, the other — Giacomo Leopardi
Non ha natura al seme Dell'uom più stima o cura Che alla formica: e se più rara — Giacomo Leopardi
NATURE: So flees the squirrel from the rattlesnake, and runs in its haste delibe — Giacomo Leopardi
No one can truthfully boast or say in anger: I cannot be unhappier than I am. — Giacomo Leopardi
Use, do not abuse : neither abstinence nor excess ever renders man happy. — Voltaire
Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably. — C.S. Lewis
Let me know when you begin the new tea, and the new white wine. My present elega — Jane Austen
He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drink — Michel de Montaigne
Il existe je ne sais quoi de grand et d'épouvantable dans le suicide. — Honoré de Balzac
The people arose as one man. — Judges
Le sort fait les parents, le choix fait les amis. — Chance makes our parents
Muchas cosas de gusto no se han de poseer en propiedad. … Gózanse las cosas ajen — Baltasar Gracián