Delight Quote by William Shakespeare

Why, all delights are vain, but that most vain Which, with pain purchased, doth inherit pain: As, painfully to pore upon a book, To…

— William Shakespeare

Vain is the hope of finding pleasure in that which one has hitherto disdained; as when the warrior hopes to find pleasure in the…

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery

To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.

— Samuel Butler

Everything is vain and tortures the spirit instead of calming and satisfying it.

— Johann Georg Hamann

“How vain are all these Glories, all our Pains, Unless good Sense preserve what Beauty gains: That Men may say, when we the Front-box…

— Alexander Pope

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it…

— Khalil Gibran

If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains. If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.

— George Herbert

Pain has its own noble joy, when it starts a strong consciousness of life, from a stagnant one.

— John Sterling

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.

— Rumi

“You must admit there are no definite external causes of pain nor those of pleasure, for one and the same thing causes pain at…

— Kaiten Nukariya

Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it…

— Anonymous

Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no…

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing