The art is to produce an enjoyment which never actually becomes present, but always has in it an element of the past, so that it is present in the past.
 Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or (1843). copy citation

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Author Søren Kierkegaard
Source Either/Or
Topic enjoyment past
Date 1843
Language English
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Note Translated by Alastair Hannay
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