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Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion. — Thomas de Quincey
Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment. — Charles Caleb Colton
One of my greatest pleasures in my writing has come from the thought that perhaps my work might annoy someone of comfortably pretentious position. Then… — John Kenneth Galbraith
Self-denial is taught much better by inspiring the love of our neighbor, than by the prohibition of innocent comforts and pleasures. Spirituality is much better… — Harriet Martineau
My soul was a burden, bruised and bleeding. It was tired of the man who carried it, but I found no place to set it… — Wally Lamb
According to Eshin's Essentials of Salvation, the Ten Pleasures are but a drop in the ocean when compared to the joys of the Pure Land. — Yukio Mishima
We usually do pay attention to our outer appearance, typically noticing whatever part of our bodies we are unhappy about. It behooves us, however, to… — Jean Shinoda Bolen
Alcohol carries the pleasures of the palate to their highest degree. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
The pleasures of the table belong to all times and ages, to every country and every day; they go hand in hand with all our… — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Dinner alone is one of life's pleasures. Certainly cooking for oneself reveals man at his weirdest. People lie when you ask them what they eat… — Laurie Colwin
Today, I choose awareness. I choose to be aware of the beauty of life and living. I choose to be aware of the simple pleasures… — Iyanla Vanzant
Like one who has eaten and drunk too much and vomits painfully and then feels better, so did the restless man wish he could rid… — Hermann Hesse
However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting,… — Helen Dunmore
I have read that the secret of gallantry is to accept the pleasures of life leisurely, and its inconveniences with a shrug; as well as… — James Branch Cabell
Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own. — Tibor Fischer
No one who reads this book will remain unchanged or unaffected-Julene Bair's story arcs from the cornfields of Kansas and Nebraska to the food on… — Jonis Agee
Home is the heart of life Home is where we feel at ease, where we belong, where we can create surroundings that reflect our tastes… — Terence Conran
The true lover of learning then must his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth.... He whose desires are drawn toward… — Plato
People argue themselves out of their pleasures — Jude Morgan
The promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do… — Philip Yancey
In life there are two things which are dependable. The pleasures of the flesh and the pleasures of literature. — Sei Shonagon
Rhythm is one of the most powerful of pleasures, and when we feel a pleasurable rhythm we hope it will continue. When it does, it… — Mary Oliver
A downed animal is most certainly the object of a hunting trip, but it becomes an anticlimax when compared to the many other pleasures of… — Fred Bear
I consider myself extremely lucky to have been born and raised in London, and to have had on my doorstep this most fascinating of cities… — Jean Plaidy
I've known Nicholas Parsons for a fairly long time and his geniune pleasures are in rubber tubes, metal clips — Clement Freud

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