Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.
Samuel PepysTag: dinner
Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
Samuel PepysTag: marriage
He that will not stoop for a pin will never be worth a pound.
Samuel PepysTag: frugality
The truth is, I do indulge myself a little the more in pleasure, knowing that this is the proper age of my life to do it; and, out of my observation that most men that do thrive in the world do forget to take pleasure during the time that they are getting their estate, but reserve that till they have got one, and then it is too late for them to enjoy it.
Samuel PepysGreat talk among people how some of the Fanatiques do say that the end of the world is at hand, and that next Tuesday is to be the day. Against which, whenever it shall be, good God fit us all!
Samuel Pepys[…] folyvást azon gondolkodom, milyen nagyot is fordult mostanában a világ, és hogy az emberek holnap mit meg nem tesznek az ellen, amit ma még félelmükben vagy érdekből vallanak és meg is cselekszenek.
Samuel PepysMa reggel álmomból hirtelen felriadva, könyökömmel úgy arcon és nyakon találtam ütni a feleségemet, hogy a fájdalomra felébredt, amit nagyon sajnáltam; aztán ismét elaludtam.
Samuel PepysHanem ezentúl kevésbé tisztelem a királyokat, látva, hogy az esőnek ők sem tudnak parancsolni.
Samuel PepysNow public business takes up so much of my time that I must get time a Sundays or a nights to look after my own matters.
Samuel PepysTag: budgeting discipline
God forgive me, I was sorry to hear that Sir W Pens maid Betty was gone away yesterday, for I was in hopes to have had a bout with her before she had gone, she being very pretty. I have also a mind to my own wench, but I dare not, for fear she should prove honest and refuse and then tell my wife.
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