Delight Quote by Philip Sidney

The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

There must be something in oneself which is essential. Therefore I refrain from referring to a landscape or certain objects when speaking of a…

— Douglas Portway

One writes to teach, to move or to delight.

— Rodolphus Agricola

To teach is to delight.

— Horace

Teach us delight in simple things, and mirth that has no bitter springs.

— Rudyard Kipling

Laughter almost ever cometh of things most disproportioned to ourselves and nature: delight hath a joy in it either permanent or present; laughter hath…

— Philip Sidney

O sweet woods, the delight of solitariness!

— Philip Sidney

All the world's bravery that delights our eyes is but thy several liveries.

— Abraham Cowley

Benefits received are a delight to us as long as we think we can requite them; when that possibility is far exceeded, they are…

— Tacitus

“The gift of words, the source of enjoyment, the source of delight that comes within and the unfading beauty and energy of words.”

— Euginia Herlihy

A real flame of love is a subtle thing. It burns as a will-o'-the-wisp, dancing onward to fairy lands of delight. It roars as…

— Theodore Dreiser

There was an Old Man of Messina, Whose daughter was named Opsibeena; She wore a small wig, and rode out on a pig, To…

— Edward Lear