Delights Quotes

350 Delights quotes by 269 unique authors

The northern ocean is beautiful, ... and beautiful the delicate intricacy of the snowflake before it melts and perishes, but such beauties are as nothing… — Unknown Author
There is a cowardly propensity in the human heart that delights in oppressing somebody else, and in the gratification of this base desire we always… — James T. Rapier
Satan delights in homosexual perversion because it not only exists outside of marriage, but it also defiles God' very image reflected as male and female. — Andrew Comiskey
Oh! one hour with God infinitely exceeds all the pleasures and delights of this lower world. — David Brainerd
There is an important difference between love and friendship. While the former delights in extremes and opposites, the latter demands equality. — Francoise d'Aubigne, Marquise de Maintenon
O Winter! ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts… — William Cowper
Those who work standing ... carpenters, sawyers, carvers, blacksmiths, masons ... are liable to varicose veins ... [because] the strain on the muscles is such… — Bernardino Ramazzini
A man of wisdom delights in water. — Confucius
By some ardent enthusiasts Chess has been elevated into a science or an art. It is neither; but its principal characteristic seems to be -… — Emanuel Lasker
Leaving aside the mysteries and the inequities of human talent, brains, taste, and reputations, the matter of art in photography may come down to this:… — Walker Evans
Nature delights in the most plain and simple diet. — Joseph Addison
Wisdom delights in water; love delights in hills. Wisdom is stirring; love is quiet. Wisdom is merry; love grows old. — Confucius
Take a journey into the things which you are carrying, the known- not into the unknown-into what you already know: your pleasures, your delights, your… — Jiddu Krishnamurti
Our human responsibility for animal rights, plant rights, and the rights of the earth to its health and wholeness is self-evident. Whatever our beliefs about… — Densey Clyne
I want to have a lasting experience with God. Sometimes I feel like I understand the divinity of this world, but then I loose it… — Elizabeth Gilbert
Trade is the natural enemy of all violent passions. Trade loves moderation, delights in compromise, and is most careful to avoid anger. It is patient,… — Alexis de Tocqueville
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the… — Charles Baudelaire
Beauty is a harmonious relation between something in our nature and the quality of the object which delights us. — Blaise Pascal
Women think black is the most flattering color, but they're wrong. Pink adds a cosmetic-like radiance and warmth. Black drains the skin of color; pink… — Oscar de la Renta
Life happened. In all its banality, brutality, cruelty, unfairness. But also in its beauty, pleasures and delights. Life happened. — Thrity Umrigar
The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in men who are truthful. PROVERBS 12:22 — Deborah Smith
If you saw me with my clothes off you'd see that my body is in great shape and ready to take on the world.... I… — Anna Kournikova
Why, all delights are vain; but that most vain, Which, with pain purchas'd, doth inherit pain. — William Shakespeare
Unless you have been to boarding-school when you are very young, it is absolutely impossible to appreciate the delights of living at home. — Roald Dahl
The person drawn to dance as profession is notoriously unintellectual. He thinks with his muscles, delights in expression with body, not words; finds analysis painful… — Doris Humphrey

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