As soon as they have lost the habit of placing their chief hopes upon remote events, they naturally seek to gratify without delay their smallest desires; and no sooner do they despair of living forever, than they are disposed to act as if they were to exist but for a single day.
Beren itxaropen nagusiak epe luzera jartzeko usadioa galdu bezain laster, guraririk txikienak atzerapenik gabe gauzatu nahi sortzen zaie berez, eta ematen du, betierean bizitzeko itxaropena galtzen duen momentuan, prest daudela egun bakar batean bakarrik iraun behar balute bezala jokatzeko.