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What does it mean?
Wishing to stop time to fully enjoy the most beautiful moments of life.
In plain terms
Stop time to enjoy good days longer.
What can you take from it?
Savor precious moments before they pass.

Where it applies

  • celebrating happiness
  • fear of change
  • seeking permanence

Putting it to work

  • focus on the present
  • practice gratitude
  • slow down

Questions to consider

  • What beautiful moment would you pause?
  • How do you savor fleeting joy?

Another view

Stopping time is impossible, so learning to accept change is more practical.

More from Alphonse de Lamartine

  1. I say to this night: 'Pass more slowly'; and the dawn will come to dispel the night.

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  2. Let us love the passing hour, let us hurry up and enjoy our time.

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  3. Love alone was left, as a great image of a dream that was erased.

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