The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
of the world and drudgery of business , seeks a pretense of reason to give itself a full and uncontrolled indulgence. — David Hume Copy Share Image
But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence. — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
The idea of absolute freedom is fiction. It's based on the idea of an independent self. But in fact, there's no such… — Peter Coyote Copy Share Image
For the first time in my life, I felt that a wave, a justice was sweeping away a deep-seated decay without any… — Naguib Mahfouz Copy Share Image
L'Oreal's slogan 'because you're worth it' has come to epitomise banal narcissism of early 21st century capitalism; easy indulgence and effortless self-love… — Geoff Mulgan Copy Share Image
Children can be the most cruel creatures alive. They have the herd instinct of prejudice against any outsider, and they are merciless… — Lucy Maud Montgomery Copy Share Image
There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
But when the flash flood crosses your path, when the lion leaps at you from the grasses, advanced self-awareness is an unaffordable… — Peter Watts Copy Share Image
So you know how things stand. Now forget what they think of you. Be satisfied if you can live the rest of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Atrocities are now shown in 30-second bites. Hardcore artistic horror is an expression of hating your neighbour. The gruesome imagination feeds on… — Calvin Seerveld Copy Share Image
A Christian anarchist has no business belonging to such a reactionary organization [the Catholic Church]. I do not believe in original sin,… — Ammon Hennacy Copy Share Image
A man should inure himself to voluntary labor, and not give up to indulgence and pleasure, as they beget no good constitution… — Socrates Copy Share Image
In general, indulgence for those we know is rarer than pity for those we know not. — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
Then might ye see Cowls, hoods, and habits with their wearers tost And flutter'd into rags; then reliques, beads, Indulgences, dispenses, pardons,… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Alas! this time is never the time for self-denial, it is always the next time. Abstinence is so much more pleasant to… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
Many teachers of the Sixties generation said "We will steal your children", and they did. A significant part of America has converted… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
“The rational mind finds yielding to fear an irresistible temptation; but by indulging in this temptation, the mind slays itself.” — Théun Mares Copy Share Image
Smug respectability, like the poor, we've had with us always. Today, however, ... such obtuseness is an indulgence we can no longer… — Studs Terkel Copy Share Image
Life is tough and it's tough whether you're famous or not famous. And in the end it's probably better to be famous… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I take a massage each week. This isn't an indulgence, it's an investment in your full creative expression/productivity/passion and sustained good health. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Love makes us instinctively reach out to God and other people. Lust, on the other hand, is anything but godly and celebrates… — Jeffrey R. Holland Copy Share Image
Behind every liberal philanthropist fortune is a huge capitalist score. Bill Gates and Warren Buffett can afford now to be liberal -… — Victor Davis Hanson Copy Share Image
Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
