Indulgence Quotes

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I always treat myself to one meal on Sundays when I can have whatever I want. Usually it's pizza, which is my favorite indulgence. — Beyonce Knowles
In my practice as surgeon, I am impressed by the alarming increase of cancer cases brought to my notice; an increase, which in the light… — Charles Horace Mayo
When a society is criticised by outsiders, its members wince but shrug their shoulders. 'What you can expect from strangers?' is the feeling. When the… — Michela Wrong
An excessive indulgence in the pleasures of social life constitutes the great interests of a luxuriant and opulent age. — Isaac D'Israeli
Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams. — Woodrow Wilson
The love of indulgence is rooted in the depths of a man's heart. His soul would prefer to share the excessive and unrestrained; but his… — Friedrich Nietzsche
You said how strange it was that people were prepared to buy expensive material objects, but when it came to making an investment in their… — Sarah Ferguson
The romanticised life, where all the great poetry and music and art of the world comes from, is great but it requires a lot of… — Laura Marling
There is always a limit to self-indulgence, but none to self-restraint. — Mahatma Gandhi
Pleasure comes through toil, and not by self indulgence and indolence. When one gets to love work, his life is a happy one. — John Ruskin
Satanism encourages its followers to indulge in their natural desires. Only by doing so can you be a completely satisfied person with no frustrations which… — Anton Szandor LaVey
I love antique architecture, so if I have any indulgences, I have owned and renovated and reconstructed a lot of old houses. — Daryl Hall
The feeling that "I am enough" does not mean that I have nothing to learn, nothing further to achieve, and nowhere to grow to. It… — Nathaniel Branden
The main qualities that had earned him this universal respect in the service were, first, an extreme indulgence towards people, based on his awareness of… — Leo Tolstoy
Authorship of any sort is a fantastic indulgence of the ego. — John Kenneth Galbraith
Conscience was the barmaid of the Victorian soul. Recognizing that human beings were fallible and that their failings, though regrettable, must be humored, conscience would… — C. E. M. Joad
The severity of the master is more useful than the indulgence of the father. — Saadi
The constant demands of the heart and the belly can allow man only an incidental indulgence in the pleasures of the eye and the understanding. — George Santayana
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. — Juvenal
One didn't really believe till one saw it demonstrated that giving oneself up completely to art, to emotion, to enjoyment, without planning for the future… — Edmund Wilson

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