#delight

Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss. ↗

— Dick Gregory

#loss #much #possession #riches #their

My progress was rendered delightful by the sylvan elegance of the groves, chearful meadows, and high distant forests, which in grand order presented themselves to view. ↗

— William Bartram

#delightful #distant #elegance #forests #grand

My delight and thy delight Walking, like two angels white, In the gardens of the night. ↗

— Robert Bridges

#delight #gardens #like #night #thy

Love is like a beautiful flower which I may not touch, but whose fragrance makes the garden a place of delight just the same. ↗

— Helen Keller

#delight #flower #fragrance #garden #i

Innocence is thought charming because it offers delightful possibilities for exploitation. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#charming #delightful #exploitation #innocence #offers

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. ↗

— e. e. cummings

#believe #curiosity #delight #experience #human

I am absolutely delighted to get back into football with Livingston. ↗

— Kenny Dalglish

#am #back #delighted #football #get

If Mr. Selwyn calls again, show him up; if I am alive I shall be delighted to see him; and if I am dead he would like to see me. ↗

— Henry Fox

#alive #am #calls #dead #delighted

One of the principal goals in my life has been to avoid embarrassing my children by doing the job I do. I hope I've managed to do that, and I hope that, with the job I'm in now, they are, if not proud, at least unembarrassed by it. I must say, my three are most agreeable children, who do nothing but delight me. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#avoid #been #children #delight #doing

I've won all the prizes in Europe, every bloody one. I'm delighted to win them all, the whole lot. ↗

— Doris Lessing

#delighted #europe #every #i #lot