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Delight Quotes - Page 11

Satan delights equally in statistics and in quoting scripture.

H. G. Wells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of H. G. Wells”, p.6276, Delphi Classics

How can one take delight in the world unless one flees to it for refuge?

Franz Kafka, Malcolm Pasley (1973). “Shorter works [of] Franz Kafka”, Harvill Secker

I have no interest in returning to yesteryear. I love the conveniences and delights of today's time. I wouldn't go back if I could.

Charles R. Swindoll (2006). “Marriage Workbook: From Surviving to Thriving”, p.6, Thomas Nelson

The more we enjoy of God, the more we are ravished with delight.

Thomas Watson (1848). “A Divine Cordial; the Saint's Spiritual Delight; the Holy Eucharist; and Other Treatises”, p.97

Women do most delight in revenge.

Sir Thomas Browne (1872). “Religio Medici: A Letter to a Friend, Christian Morals, Urn-burial, and Other Papers”, p.251

Deliverance is not for me in renunciation. I feel the embrace of freedom in a thousand bonds of delight.

Rabindranath Tagore (2011). “The Heart of God: Prayers of Rabindranath Tagore”, p.23, Tuttle Publishing

the bird sings as if to say that delight is easy, for those who desire it

Philippa Gregory (2013). “The White Queen”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

Philosophy ... bears witness to the deepest love of reflection, to absolute delight in wisdom.

Novalis (1997). “Novalis: Philosophical Writings”, p.49, SUNY Press

The challenge before us is to savor the unknown and delight in the taste of possibility.

Mary Anne Radmacher (2008). “Live Boldly: Cultivate the Qualities That Can Change Your Life”, Conari Press

When the thing taken into union is perfectly adapted to that which receives it, the result is delight and pleasure and satisfaction.

Leonardo da Vinci (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Leonardo da Vinci (Illustrated)”, p.814, Delphi Classics

O freedom, first delight of human kind!

John Dryden, Joseph Warton, John Warton (1811). “The Poetical Works of John Dryden: Containing Original Poems, Tales and Translations”, p.468

Hope is sweet-minded and sweet-eyed. It draws pictures; it weaves fancies; it fills the future with delight.

Henry Ward Beecher (1893). “The Original Plymouth Pulpit: Sermons from the Stenographic Reports by T.J. Ellinwood. September 1868 to September 1873”