Pleasures Quotes
Pleasures Quote of the day
A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.
One of the greatest pleasures of my life has been that I have never stopped learning about Good Cooking and Good Food
Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth.
I like hearing myself talk. It is one of my greatest pleasures. I often have long conversations all by myself. Sometimes I am so clever I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
All the other pleasures of life seem to wear out, but the pleasure of helping others in distress never does.
We Japanese enjoy the small pleasures, not extravagance. I believe a man should have a simple lifestyle - even if he can afford more.
Why not seize the pleasure at once? -- How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!
They are surely to be esteemed the bravest spirits who, having the clearest sense of both the pains and pleasures of life, do not on that account shrink from danger.
It isn't the big pleasures that count the most; it's making a great deal out of the little ones.
We were created for meaningful work, and one of life's greatest pleasures is the satisfaction of a job well done.
One of the greatest pleasures I get from my measly professional career is confusing people.
Do you know that conversation is one of the greatest pleasures in life? But it wants leisure.
I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected.
Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air.
Playing with appearances and mastering the arts of deception are among the aesthetic pleasures of life. They are also key components in the acquisition of power.
Health is so necessary to all the duties, as well as pleasures of life, that the crime of squandering it is equal to the folly.
The chief secret of comfort lies in not suffering trifles to vex us, and in prudently cultivating our undergrowth of small pleasures, since very few great ones, alas! are let on long leases.
There is a limit to enjoyment, though the sources of wealth be boundlessAnd the choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
I escaped the torture of my childhood home by reading. To this day it is still one of my greatest pleasures.
There's something so beautiful in coming on one's very inmost thoughts in another. In one way it is one of the greatest pleasures one has.
A voyage without companionship, that is to say without conversation, is one of the saddest pleasures of life.
One of my greatest pleasures is being on the farmland that's been in the family since 1833.
To shut yourself from history is to shut yourself off from say music or painting or the theatre, literature for the rest of your life. It would be to cheat yourself of the pleasures of life.
The greatest pleasures of love are inseparable from its greatest pains: Love has the face of a goddess, but the talons of a lion.
What could I wish for the present but to take the greatest pleasure in being what I am?
The fundamental truth of democracy is the belief that the real pleasures of life are increased by sharing them.
Creative work is one of life's greatest pleasures, and the only one we will gladly interrupt.
