To be excited and at the same ...

To be excited and at the same time satisfied; to desire and possess -that has been described somewhere as the wise man\'s idea of heaven.
To be excited and at the same time satisfied; to desire and possess -that has been described somewhere as the wise man's idea of heaven.
 Alec Waugh

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There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us.
 Alec Waugh