Feasts and business and pleasure and enjoyments seem great things to us, whilst we think of nothing else; but as soon as… — William Law Copy Share Image
But it's precisely in this cold, loathsome half-despair, half-belief, in this deliberate burying of yourself underground for forty years out of sheer… — Fyodor Dostoevsky Copy Share Image
Rice and peas fit into that category of dishes where two ordinary foods, combined together, ignite a pleasure far beyond the capacity… — John Thorne Copy Share Image
The (atomic) soul is mortal, and the best life is the one with the least pain and the most pleasure. — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
There was always, he thought, this pleasure ahead of him, an ace of joy up his sleeve so he could say you… — Michael Ondaatje Copy Share Image
We take no pleasure in permitted joys, But what's forbidden is more keenly sought. — Ovid Copy Share Image
A litterateur is not a confectioner, not a dealer in cosmetics, not an entertainer. . . . He is just like an… — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
And let your best be for your friend. If he must know the ebb of your tide, let him know its flood… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
As for the house, it is scrubbed to the tiniest mousehole before Passover, to avoid such dangers as even a forgotten cake… — M. F. K. Fisher Copy Share Image
Other countries drink to get drunk, and this is accepted by everyone; in France, drunkenness is a consequence, never an intention. A… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
My will shall be done regardless of the flaws in thy life, if ye count upon the power of My righteousness. I… — Frances J Roberts Copy Share Image
The greatest pleasure is not - say - sex or geometry. It is just understanding. And if you can get people to… — William Golding Copy Share Image
I like being able to bounce between writing movies for people like Kevin Sorbo to making very personal films like orange county… — Evan Jacobs Copy Share Image
Why do we have such a finite capacity for pleasure but an infinite one for pain? — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure. — Quintilian Copy Share Image
I have no more pleasure in hearing a man attempting wit and failing, than in seeing a man trying to leap over… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The real value of science is in the getting, and those who have tasted the pleasure of discovery alone know what science… — Frederick Soddy Copy Share Image
The hands of those I meet are dumbly eloquent to me. The touch of some hands is an impertinence. I have met… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
American housewives have not had their brains shot away, nor are they schizophrenic in the clinical sense. But if ... the fundamental… — Betty Friedan Copy Share Image
Rod Lurie is one of the most wonderful directors I have had the pleasure to work with. He shoots like Clint Eastwood:… — Tim Matheson Copy Share Image
I kind of love going to weddings - it's a guilty pleasure. I've never been the wedding-y type girl dreaming about the… — Alison Brie Copy Share Image
All living beings have experience of pleasure and pain, and we are among them. What makes human beings different is that we… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need - a homely home and simple pleasures, one or… — Jerome K. Jerome Copy Share Image
The clitoris is the female sex organ, and the fact that we aren't told that when we were small children is devastating.… — Betty Dodson Copy Share Image
There's a strange sense of pleasure being beat to hell by a storm when you're on a ship that is not going… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
I pride myself on being fairly polite on a set so it's kind of a guilty pleasure to poke others on the… — Willem Dafoe Copy Share Image
Meditation is a journey to know yourself. Knowing yourself has many layers. Start knowing your bodily discomforts. Know your success, know your… — Amit Ray Copy Share Image
I am proud to have been in a business that gives pleasure, creates beauty, and awakens our conscience, arouses compassion, and perhaps… — Audrey Hepburn Copy Share Image
Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasure of life. I began to enjoy the little ones, like… — Robin Sharma Copy Share Image
The last few hours were certainly very painful," replied Anne: "but when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Toronto's likable, but it could be a lot more, as I think Montreal is, lovable. What we need more than anything, I… — Andy Barrie Copy Share Image
Love is anticipation and memory, uncertainty and longing. It’s unreasonable, of course. Nothing begins with so much excitement and hope and pleasure… — John Dufresne Copy Share Image
Our time on this earth is sacred, and we should celebrate every moment. The importance of this has been completely forgotten: even… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
I vow, is there no man who can talk about physical pleasures without exaggerating? — Karen Hawkins Copy Share Image
I'm not kidding - once you discover the pleasure of giving, how gratifying and satisfying it is, it becomes addictive. — Haim Saban Copy Share Image
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