Crafts Quote by Edward Dyer

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere clouds in the enjoyment.

— Thomas Brooks

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us…

— Madame de Lambert

Mental pleasures never cloy; unlike those of the body, they are increased by reputation, approved by reflection, and strengthened by enjoyment.

— Charles Caleb Colton

When we get tired of enjoying all the pleasures within our reach, we have still a resource in thinking of others that are not.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last.

— Anonymous

It would be of great use to us to form our deliberate judgments of persons and things in the calmest and serenest hours of…

— Isaac Watts

There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact…

— Cornel West

Those then who know not wisdom and virtue, and are always busy with gluttony and sensuality, go down and up again as far as…

— Socrates

As selfishness and complaint pervert the mind, so love with its joy clears and sharpens the vision.

— Helen Keller

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Other pleasures fail us or wound us while they charm, but the pen…

— Petrarch