A short retirement urges a sweet return.
Interpretation
A brief retirement allows one to return refreshed and happy.
This quote by John Milton suggests that taking a short break from life's demands can lead to a more enjoyable and fulfilling return to oneβs responsibilities and pleasures. It emphasizes the value of rest and rejuvenation, indicating that a temporary step back can enhance oneβs appreciation and effectiveness upon re-engagement.
In practice
This quote can be used during a farewell speech for a retiring colleague to emphasize the importance of breaks.
They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms: Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide; They, hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.
Ev'n them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipp'd stocks and stones.
Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely: and pined his loss
The end of all learning is to know God, and out of that knowledge to love and imitate Him.
Apt words have power to suage the tumors of a troubled mind.
What I told [my teammates] after the game was I'm just fortunate [for] my 16 years because, this [injury] can happen every single night you go out and play... It can be over in one instant, so you should appreciate everyday.
Life isn't a matter of milestones, but of moments.
...as it turned out, growing up was just as she'd feared. One day when your alarm clock rang, you got up and realized you had someone else's thoughts in your head... or may be just your old ones, minus the hope.
People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom.
I don't know that I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want some one who made it interesting.
The man who begins to go to bed forty minutes before he opens his bedroom door is bored; that is to say, he is not living.
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