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Delight Quotes by Jane Austen
- To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her…
- Reflection must be reserved for solitary hours; whenever she was alone, she gave way to it as the greatest relief; and not a day went…
- Mr. Bennet, how can you abuse your own children in such a way? You take delight in vexing me. You have no compassion for my…
- Oh!” said she, “I heard you before, but I could not immediately determine what to say in reply. You wanted me, I know, to say…
- Had Elizabeth been able to encounter his eye, she might have seen how well the expression of heartfelt delight, diffused over his face, became him;…
More Delight Quotes
- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius
- To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen… — Jane Austen
- Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to be alone… — Teresa of Avila
- Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
- Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. — Francis Bacon
- Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights of paradise,… — Saint Basil
- The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that… — Charles Baudelaire
- That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? — Joseph Addison
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy… — Venerable Bede