"I care not that this moment's lot, was thin and sparsely dealt; all pleasures sweet can be forgot the instant they're felt" (Roman Payne)
2007-06-14 22:22:05 · 2 answers · asked by Alexander T 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
To best explain this quote, I'd like to use another quote: "This too shall pass." The speaker says he doesn't care that this particular moment wasn't a good one because we forget even the good things that happen to us. If you look back at your life you'll see that we forget things good or bad. We cannot remember pain, we just remember that we HAD pain and the same is true for the "pleasures sweet," the happy moments. We no longer actually FEEL the happiness, there remains only a ghost, if you will, of what we felt.
2007-06-15 04:17:49 · answer #1 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think this guy was a bit of a pessimist, my understanding of this is good things never last for ever just for a moment .
2007-06-15 07:16:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋