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In our pursuit of the things of this world we usually prevent enjoyment by expectations; we anticipate our own happiness, and eat out the heart and sweetness of worldly pleasures by delightful forethoughts of them; so that when we come to possess them they do not answer the expectation nor satisfy the desires which were raised about them, and they vanish into nothing.
Also attributed to: Tillotson
The point
Anticipating worldly pleasures often robs us of enjoying them once they are actually possessed.
Scripture
Ecclesiastes 5:10
Audience
Adults
Tone
Sobering · Reflective
To tell aloud
under a minute · 63 words