I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them. — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him -… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it. — Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy Copy Share Image
I don't mind your showing me your legs. They're very swell legs and it's a pleasure to make their acquaintace. I don't… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
For afterwards a man finds pleasure in his pains, when he has suffered long and wandered long. So I will tell you… — Homer Copy Share Image
Perfect taste is the faculty of receiving the greatest possible pleasure from those material sources which are attractive to oar moral nature… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Celebrities have a way of touching our lives. Perhaps we are influenced by their screen image, or perhaps by their acquired status.… — Bob Hope Copy Share Image
You can purchase the mind of Pascal for a crown. Pleasures even cheaper are sold to those who give themselves up to… — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
I believe nature's a lot smarter than anyone thinks. During the course of a man's life he develops a lot of pleasures… — Cus D'Amato Copy Share Image
Stomp stomp. Whirr. Pleased to be of service. Shut up. Thank you. Stomp stomp stomp stomp stomp. Whirr. Thank you for making… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
It is inappropriate to discuss matters of business, pleasure or current events in the temple. — L. Lionel Kendrick Copy Share Image
He tells me I look as if I could use a hugand i laugh at him and he ignores me and steps… — James Frey Copy Share Image
They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
Worthy persons deserve to be called so because they are not carried away by the eight winds: prosperity,decline,disgrace,honor,praise,censure,suffering, and pleasure.They are neither… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
From the 5th grade through the 4th year of college, our young people are being indoctrinated with a Marxist philosophy and I… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
Visitors should conform as much as possible to the habits and customs of the house. They should be moderate in their demands… — Elisabeth Marbury Copy Share Image
You are what you decide you want to be. You can be some horrible, bitter person who's not a pleasure to be… — Paul Young Copy Share Image
Everybody wants a prize to be unadulterated pleasure. Because I'm trans, I don't get that purity of recognition. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our… — Jack Gilbert Copy Share Image
Pleasure and pain spring not so much from the nature of things, as from our manner of considering them. Pleasure, especially, is… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
I sit down on my sofa and I turn on 'Judge Judy.' That's my guilty pleasure. I could do a whole day… — Ashley Walters Copy Share Image
If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour! — Benito Mussolini Copy Share Image
Tea is also a sort of spiritual refreshment, an elixir of clarity and wakeful tranquility. Respectfully preparing tea and partaking of it… — James Norwood Pratt Copy Share Image
Reading was my escape and my comfort, my consolation, my stimulant of choice: reading for the pure pleasure of it, for the… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
It profits me but little, after all, that a vigilant authority always protects the tranquility of my pleasures and constantly averts all… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
I really have not so much sympathy. If Tina Turner and Prince's back-up band can perform on stage in them for three… — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
Writing grew out of the pleasure of escape. My novels are very much outside of my personal experience. That is why I… — Danielle Trussoni Copy Share Image
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does. — Julius Rosenwald Copy Share Image
So she was considering in her own mind...whether the pleasure of making a daisy-chain would be worth the trouble of getting up… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
Well," Peter Van Houten said, extending his hand to me. "It is at any rate a pleasure to meet such ontologically improbable… — John Green Copy Share Image
The refreshing pleasure from the first view of nature, after the pain of illness, and the confinement of a sick-chamber, is above… — Ann Radcliffe Copy Share Image
There have been people who have categorized the bands of perception in different yogic systems. It gives them pleasure to create names… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
Invoking brings the heart closer to the hereafter and keeps the world away from the heart, even though the world is around… — Ibn Ata Allah Copy Share Image
Excitement is not enjoyment: in calmness lies true pleasure. The most precious wines are sipped, not bolted at a swallow. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Here may I live what life I please, Married and buried out of sight, - Married to pleasure and buried to pain,… — Violet Fane Copy Share Image
Wisely used history can give pleasure and provide us with a useful tool; but we should not become its slaves. — Douglas Hurd Copy Share Image
