Henry Home, Lord Kames Quote

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.


Introduction to the Art of Thinking. Fourth edition, enlarged, etc (ed. 1789)


We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.

We part more easily with what we possess, than with our expectations of what we wish for; because expectation always goes beyond enjoyment.