Books · 1994
Retirement requires the invention of a new hedonism, not a return to the hedonism of youth.
— Mason Cooley ‧ City Aphorisms, Fourteenth Selection, New York
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Retirement isn't a rerun of youthful pleasure-seeking. The speaker suggests it calls for a fresh idea of what enjoyment means, one suited to a different stage of life, instead of trying to recapture how you once had fun.
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