Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
The influence of electricity in producing decompositions, although of inestimable value as an instrument of discovery in chemical inquiries, can hardly be… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
To oppose knowledge is ignorant, and he who detests knowledge and science is not a man, but rather an animal without intelligence.… — Abdu'l-Bahá Copy Share Image
Of all the felicities, the most charming is that of a firm and gentle friendship. It sweetens all our cares, dispels our… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
O seasons, O castles, What soul is without flaws? All its lore is known to me, Felicity, it enchants us all. — Arthur Rimbaud Copy Share Image
He who only tastes his error will long dwell with it, will take delight in it as in a singular felicity; while… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
If sensuality were happiness, beasts were happier than men; but human felicity is lodged in the soul, not in the flesh. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Really? And what curse befalls the Adams of the world?" Ann opens her mouth and, presumably thinking of nothing to say, closes… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
An everlasting tranquility is, in my imagination, the highest possible felicity, because I know of no felicity on earth higher than that… — Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann Copy Share Image
Let a man choose what condition he will, and let him accumulate around him all the goods and gratifications seemingly calculated to… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance. — Margaret Cavendish Copy Share Image
The repose necessary to all beauty is repose, not of inanition, nor of luxury, nor of irresolution, but the repose of magnificent… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Some of the Fathers went so far as to esteem the love of music a sign of predestination, as a thing divine,… — William Temple Copy Share Image
I did a movie called 'Quicksand No Escape' with Donald Sutherland and Tim Matheson. I think I was maybe 5. I was… — Kaley Cuoco Copy Share Image
Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes, and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance. If the dispositions of the parties are ever so well known to each… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
I had thought Felicity dangerous a moment ago, when she felt powerful. I was wrong. Wounded and powerless, she is more dangerous… — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
I didn't care at all about losing, but I just didn't want Emerson to feel bad, You know, I didn't win, but… — Teri Hatcher Copy Share Image
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
But the Chief Justice says, 'There must be an ultimate arbiter somewhere.' True, there must; but does that prove it is either… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Repose without stagnation is the state most favorable to happiness. "The great felicity of life," says Seneca, "is to be without perturbations. — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
Felicity," Mrs. Featherington interurupted, "why don't you tell Mr. Brdgerton about your watercolors?" For the life of him, Colin couldn't imagine a… — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
