Pleasures Of Life Quotes
32 Pleasures Of Life quotes by 29 unique authors
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Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and…
— M. Scott Peck
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All the great pleasures of life are silent.
— Georges Clemenceau
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There is no good in living in a society where you are merely the equal of everybody else. The true pleasure of life is to…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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Intellectual activity is perhaps the greatest pleasure of life; chess is one of the forms of intellectual activity.
— Siegbert Tarrasch
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The joys of theory are the sweetest intellectual pleasures of life
— Ludwig Feuerbach
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Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life,…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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The moment I stopped spending so much time chasing the big pleasure of life. I began to enjoy the little ones, like watching the stars…
— Robin Sharma
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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
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Laughter, while it lasts, slackens and unbraces the mind, weakens the faculties and causes a kind of remissness and dissolution in all the powers of…
— Malcolm De Chazal
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The fundamental truth of democracy is the belief that the real pleasures of life are increased by sharing them.
— Unknown Author
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The true pleasure of life is to live with your inferiors.
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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The sacrifice which causes sorrow to the doer of the sacrifice is no sacrifice. Real sacrifice lightens the mind of the doer and gives him…
— Mahatma Gandhi
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The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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I find the joy of the 'doing' increases. Creativity increases. Intuition increases. The pleasure of life grows. And negativity recedes.
— David Lynch
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Learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what the great men admired; they admired great things; narrow spirits admire basely,…
— William Makepeace Thackeray
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A child's eyes, those clear, wells of undefiled thought - what on earth can be more beautiful? Full of hope, love and curiosity, they meet…
— Caroline Norton
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Observation is the most enduring of the pleasures of life.
— George Meredith
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Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of…
— Robert Greene
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They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on…
— Thucydides
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Music is another great pleasure of life. I like all sorts.
— Karolina Kurkova
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Simply to have all the necessities of life and three meals a day will not bring happiness. Happiness is hidden in the unnecessary and in…
— Edward M Hays
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When a free man dies, he loses the pleasure of life. A slave loses his pain. Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's…
— Spartacus
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I loved the excitement and the pleasures of life in New York, the opportunities for advancement, the pursuit of ambition, the theaters, the places of…
— Cass Gilbert
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
— Benjamin Disraeli
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The greatest pleasure of life is love.
— Euripides
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