THE
PSONGS
OF
NICHOLAS THE SENIOR
Poor men know nothing of pleasure
Psong 47
How marvelous it is to awaken on a fine bright morning, and embark on a new round of pleasure!
2fOf course, poor men know nothing of this, and they awaken each morning in dread of the suffering to come.
3gThey drink their coffee from cheap cups, and they anticipate the scorn and rejection and drudgery that will make the day last forever.
4hThey dress themselves in ill-fitting ready-made clothes, and they know that no beautiful woman will ever look at them twice.
5iTruly, they know nothing of pleasure, and time is their jailer; each new moment brings them one moment closer to next week’s humiliations, and next month’s bills, and next year’s privations.
6jOnly the Master of Money can conquer time: For when each new moment brings fresh pleasures, then time has no power to preempt the joys of right now; and right now can become a heaven of thoughtless ecstasy that never ends.
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