Nassau William Senior Quote

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the human will.


An Outline of the Science of Political Economy (ed. 1836)


To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the...

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the...

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the...

To abstain from the enjoyment which is in our power, or to seek distant rather than immediate results, are among the most painful exertions of the...