It is false to claim that the moment of rejoicing is suited for obtaining nothing, except for favors that can be done or granted instantly. It is rather most inopportune for everything else, and why so. Neither the times of joy nor of pain predispose us to compassion or to interest in someone else. Rather, the times of indifference do so, and all the more those of enthusiasm without a definite objective or of joy without a specific cause.
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