He who allows his happiness to depend too much on reason, who submits his pleasures to examination, and desires enjoyments only of the most refined nature, too often ends by not having any at all.


A Thousand Flashes of French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness (1886)


He who allows his happiness to depend too much on reason, who submits his pleasures to examination, and desires enjoyments only of the most refined...

He who allows his happiness to depend too much on reason, who submits his pleasures to examination, and desires enjoyments only of the most refined...

He who allows his happiness to depend too much on reason, who submits his pleasures to examination, and desires enjoyments only of the most refined...

He who allows his happiness to depend too much on reason, who submits his pleasures to examination, and desires enjoyments only of the most refined...