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Pleasure Quotes - Page 12

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Peace, Pleasure, Sincerely

Ralph Waldo Emerson (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)”, p.2367, Delphi Classics

Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal.

Good Life, Honor, Pleasure

I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.

Pleasure, I Realized, Mines

Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. June 7, 2012.

Books of quotations ... afford me one of the most undemanding but satisfying forms of reading pleasure.

Book, Reading, Pleasure

P. D. James (2011). “Time to Be in Earnest”, p.117, Faber & Faber

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.

Worry, Anxiety, Pleasure

What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.

Pleasure, Repentance, Console

Oscar Wilde, Alyssa Harad (2005). “The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays”, p.174, Simon and Schuster

You wear yourself out in the pursuit of wealth or love or freedom, you do everything to gain some right, and once it's gained you take no pleasure in it.

Gains, Wealth, Pleasure

Because dying for God is a higher pleasure... than living without Him.

God, Dying, Pleasure

The greater the ambiguity, the greater the pleasure.

Pleasure, Ambiguity, Greater

For Pleasure, Delight, Peace and Felicity live in method and temperance.

Margaret Cavendish

Delight, Pleasure, Method

There is no greater pleasure than having a dog. And that's a scientific fact!

Dog, Facts, Pleasure

The most exquisite pleasure in the practice of medicine comes from nudging a layman in the direction of terror, then bringing him back to safety again.

Practice Of Medicine, Safety, Pleasure

Art is the daughter of pleasure.

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

Daughter, Art, Pleasure

I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky.

Regret, Lucky, Pleasure

"Your very good 'ealth", www.theguardian.com. February 19, 2001.

The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.

Whimsical, Pleasure, Whim

James Boswell (1956). “London Journal, 1762-1763, as First Published in 1950 from the Original Manuscript”

Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.

Isabelle Adjani

Passion, Violence, Pleasure

God and eternal things are my only pleasure.

Pleasure, Eternal

Henry Martyn (1839). “Journals and letters of the Rev. Henry Martyn, B.D.”, p.150

I have coveted everything and taken pleasure in nothing

Guy de Maupassant

Taken, Pleasure

Guy De Maupassant, (2013). “The Horla (Fantasy and Horror Classics)”, p.5, Read Books Ltd

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.

Essence, Spontaneity, Pleasure

Germaine Greer (1970). “The female eunuch”, Macgibbon & Kee

My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.

Literature, Definitions, Pleasure

A poem in my opinion, is opposed to a work of science by having for its immediate object, pleasure, not truth.

Edgar Allan Poe

Science, Opinion, Pleasure

Edgar Allan Poe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe (Illustrated)”, p.3486, Delphi Classics

Other things titillate me more keenly than the pale pleasures of marriage.

Christina, Queen of Sweden

Marriage, Pleasure, Pale

Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

Years, History, Pleasure

If we are truly devoted to doing God's will, pain and pleasure won't make any difference to us.

Brother Lawrence

Pain, Differences, Pleasure

Brother Lawrence (2013). “The Practice of the Presence of God”, p.45, Simon and Schuster

Sometimes I will endanger my own life to pleasure a woman.

Sometimes, Pleasure, My Own

Interview with Andrew Goldman, www.elle.com. June 11, 2009.

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