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Delight Quotes - Page 15

There is a delight in the hardy life of the open.

Theodore Roosevelt, H. W. Brands (2001). “African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-naturalist”, p.21, Rowman & Littlefield

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.392

We can't hire out our own inner work, but we can do the manual labor with delight and decency.

Sakyong Mipham (2013). “The Shambhala Principle: Discovering Humanity's Hidden Treasure”, p.99, Harmony

Feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise.

"The Essential Rumi". Book translated by Coleman Barks with John Moyne, A. J. Arberry and Reynold Nicholson. Chapter 1: "The Tavern", p. 2, 1995.

Twere too absurd to slight For the hereafter the todays delight!

Robert Browning (1840). “Sordello [a poem].”, p.232

By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.

Letters and Social Aims "Quotation and Originality" (1876)

Never find your delight in another's misfortune.

"The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave: From the Latin". Book by Darius Lyman. Maxim 467, 1856.

Poetry, a speaking picture to teach and delight.

"An Apology of Poetry, or The Defence of Poesy". Book by Philip Sidney, 1595.

The commonest thing is delightful if one only hides it.

Oscar Wilde (2005). “Picture of Dorian Gray”, p.15, Prestwick House Inc