The principle is this: that in everything.... : Quote by G.K. Chesterton

“ The principle is this: that in everything worth having, even in every pleasure, there is a point of pain and tedium that must be survived, so that the pleasure may revive and endure. The joy of battle comes after the first fear of death; the joy of reading Virgil comes after the bore of learning him; the glow of the seabather comes after the icy shok of the sea bath. ”

G.K. Chesterton
  • From : What's Wrong with the World
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