All men are idolators, some of fame, others of self-interest, most of pleasure. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Walking and talking are two very great pleasures, but it is a mistake to combine them. Our own noise blots out the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life. — Dale Carnegie Copy Share Image
We see in tragedy the noblest men, after a long conflict and suffering, finally renounce forever all the pleasure of life and… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Reading is pleasure and happiness to be alive or sadness to be alive and above all it's knowledge and questions. — Roberto Bolano Copy Share Image
Of troubles know I none, Of pleasures know I many - I rove beneath the sun, Without a single penny. — Eleanor Farjeon Copy Share Image
Moral crusade: Public activity undertaken by middle-aged men who are cheating on their wives or diddling little boys. Moral crusades are particularly… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind no less than of the body.… — Nathaniel Branden Copy Share Image
But though it cannot be reasonable not to gain happiness for fear of losing it, yet it must be confessed, that in… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I still believe that standing up for the truth of God is the greatest thing in the world. This is the end… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I wish to have no status as a man. I am equally content to be a worm or a rat, and am… — Stanley Spencer Copy Share Image
For me, the best things in life - meaningful work, meaningful relationships, interesting experiences, good food, sleep, music, ideas, sex, and other… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with… — Helen Dunmore Copy Share Image
Kristen Bell is one of my best friends. I've had the pleasure of working with some really great people, and Kristen is… — Chris Lowell Copy Share Image
Capitalism is an art form, an Apollonian fabrication to rival nature. It is hypocritical for feminists and intellectuals to enjoy the pleasures… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
The pleasures of love are pains that become desirable, where sweetness and torment blend, and so love is voluntary insanity, infernal paradise,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
Not one man has ever sacrificed for his Lord without being richly repaid. If the cross is only contrasted with earthly pleasures… — Walter J Chantry Copy Share Image
It's rare for me to read any fiction. I almost only read nonfiction. I don't believe in guilty pleasures, I only believe… — Ira Glass Copy Share Image
Vanity in its idler moments is benevolent, is as willing to give pleasure as to take it, and accepts as sufficient reward… — Alexander Smith Copy Share Image
The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life,… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
To Every girl - Just wake me up every morning with a blowjob and you will have me eating out of your… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A Daughter: The companion, the friend, and the confidant of her mother, and the object of a pleasure something like the love… — Richard Steele Copy Share Image
In my work I now have the comfortable feeling that I am so to speak on my own ground and territory and… — Heinrich Hertz Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The pleasure of jogging and running is rather like that of wearing a fur coat in Texas in August: the true joy… — Joseph Epstein Copy Share Image
Love is the wanting, and the having, and the choosing, and the becoming. Love is the desire to see the person we… — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
The exercise of all the senses is as intense pleasure, as anyone will find, who recovers the use of one after being… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There is nothing more 'elitist' than thinking our palate pleasure can ever justify a second of suffering or a single death. Please… — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
The pleasure of being a scoundrel can be adequately savored in silence. — Remy de Gourmont Copy Share Image
The luster of diamonds is invigorated by the interposition of darker bodies; the lights of a picture are created by the shades;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So… — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
Is it a good hot dog? That’s all I want to know … I don’t think the personal health and purity of… — Anthony Bourdain Copy Share Image
In order to build a career and to be successful, one has to be determined. One has to be ambitious. I much… — Saul Leiter Copy Share Image
![“I may be a descendant of Seth. I say to myself, What does [the story of Cain and Abel] teach me? So I go back to all the interpretations in the Talmud, which to me are a source of pleasure and joy. Then I say, maybe this story is not for then; maybe it's for now! It's possible for brothers to kill…” quote by Elie Wiesel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6f8/elie-wiesel-341_abel_i-may-be-a-descendant-of-seth-i-say-to-m_1573158.jpg)
