Delight Quotes

1447 Delight quotes by 904 unique authors

By virtue of this science the poet is the Namer, or Language-maker, naming things sometimes after their appearance, sometimes after their essence, and giving to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Let books be your dining table, / And you shall be full of delights. / Let them be your mattress,/And you shall sleep restful nights — Ephrem the Syrian
Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power, namely power over… — Friedrich Nietzsche
We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared… — H. Rider Haggard
You've never told me about your love life, Scarlett. You're a very pretty girl. You must have a boy shacked up somewhere for your personal… — Maureen Johnson
Aesthetic racism is almost always a sign of inexperience. Those who have not made their way far enough into the world of amorous delights judge… — Milan Kundera
To be a poet is to place pleasure, beauty and sensual delights front and centre, it means having a predilection for debauchery. — Nicole Brossard
A sentimentalist is one who delights to have high and devout emotions stirred whilst reading in an arm-chair, or in a prayer meeting, but he… — Oswald Chambers
Gail Sheehy tells us that "the delights of self-discovery are always available." All Fools' Day is the perfect day to engrave this wisdom in our… — Sarah Ban Breathnach
Love was something different. Love was pure delight, a fountain of emotions, sensual delights, and enjoying spending time together. — Sergei Lukyanenko
Religiously, we longed for the lively life in Christ, but we did not fully see that we were equally longing for the lively life of… — Sheldon Vanauken
His lips soften into a smile that cracks apart my spine. He repeats my name like the word amuses him. Entertains him. Delights him. In… — Tahereh Mafi
The Gingerbread House has four walls, a roof, a door, a window, and a chimney. It is decorated with many sweet culinary delights on the… — Vera Nazarian
Fruits fail and love dies and time ranges;Thou art fed with perpetual breath, and alive after infinite changes,And fresh from the kisses of death,Of langours… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
Society secretly delights in crime, excesses, and violated prohibitions of all sorts. — Bernard Tschumi
All the delights of sense, or heart, or intellect, with which you could once have tempted him, even the delights of virtue itself, now seem… — C.S. Lewis
For an hour or more he was neither human nor vampire, just a howling, hungry creature of dark delights. — Darren Shan
The talk of lovers who have just declared their love is one of life's most sweet delights. Each vies with the other in humility, in… — Iris Murdoch
Work is the order of the day, just as it was at one time, with our first starts and our best efforts. Do you remember?… — Boris Pasternak
Don't try to lose weight. Take delight in gaining fitness. — Alan Cohen
The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not… — Joseph Conrad
This world could not have been the work of an all-loving being, but that of a devil, who had brought creatures into existence in order… — Arthur Schopenhauer
The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society. — Oscar Wilde
The world of WONDERLAND is authentic, vibrant, and genuine. Stacey D’Erasmo explores the delight and terror of second chances. A great read! — Michael Stipe
The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment… — Timothy Keller

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