#delight

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#delightful #i #merely #out #simply

Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage. ↗

— Paul Engle

#bled #delight #drip #grief #head

I'm delighted. I don't know of anybody who had a statue built of them while they were living. It's a great feeling. ↗

— Al Lopez

#built #delighted #feeling #great #great feeling

There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination. ↗

— Mencius

#delight #greater #self-examination #sincerity #than

When a small child, I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong, happiness is like a butterfly which appears and delights us for one brief moment, but soon flits away. ↗

— Anna Pavlova

#away #brief #brief moment #butterfly #child

Thy love is singular when all thy delight is in Jesus Christ and in no other thing finds joy and comfort. ↗

— Richard Rolle

#comfort #delight #finds #jesus #jesus christ

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel? ↗

— Joseph Addison

#cruel #delights #father #make #man

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul. ↗

— Minna Antrim

#beautiful woman #delights #eye #pure #soul

I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon. ↗

— Adele

#child #delighted #direct #expecting #first

Money is the sovereign queen of all delights - for her, the lawyer pleads, the soldier fights. ↗

— Richard Barnfield

#fights #her #lawyer #money #pleads