"Why do men delight in work? Fundamentally, I……" — H. L. Mencken

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• Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be… — Hannah Arendt
• The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. — Isaac Asimov
• Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds… — Mary Astell
• Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature's delight. — Marcus Aurelius
• To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the… — Jane Austen
• Mental prayer in my opinion is nothing else than an intimate sharing between friends; it means taking time frequently to… — Teresa of Avila
• Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul. — Johann Sebastian Bach
• Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability. — Francis Bacon
• Just as we would have no need of the farmer's labor and toil if we were living amid the delights… — Saint Basil
• The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from… — Charles Baudelaire
• That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a… — Joseph Addison
• And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words… — Venerable Bede

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