Quotation by

William Ellery Channing

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

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People often find it foolish when someone harms a tree just to get its fruit, but they do the same thing when they rush too much to enjoy pleasure. This shows that impatience can lead to damaging the very source of what we want to enjoy.

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