William Edward Hartpole Lecky Quote

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.


The Map of Life (ed. 1909)


Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.