#pleas

It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. ↗

— George Santayana

#consistent #easier #fact #false #in fact

The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character. ↗

— George Santayana

#cannot #cast #character #common #common man

The first, that their pretensions to this possession of an art properly so called in their art of speaking are entirely unfounded; and the second, that they are involved in a profound mistake in their confusion of the good with the pleasant. ↗

— Friedrich Schleiermacher

#called #confusion #entirely #first #good

We could imagine nothing pleasanter than to spend all of our lives digging for relics of the past. ↗

— Heinrich Schliemann

#digging #imagine #lives #nothing #our

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop? ↗

— Gunther Schuller

#exciting #hate #i #life #me

I guess my guilty pleasure would be listening to the British audio versions of the 'Harry Potter' books. ↗

— David Sedaris

#books #british #guess #guilty #guilty pleasure

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. ↗

— Seneca

#future #injure #ones #pleasures #present

It was amazing to watch him in the darkroom at an advanced age, still get excited when the results were pleasing. He still struggled like we all do in the darkroom and he struggled behind the camera, and when he had a success he was beaming. ↗

— John Sexton

#advanced age #age #amazing #behind #camera

All any artist can do is please themselves. ↗

— William Shatner

#artist #please #themselves

Captain Kirk has been a source of pleasure and income for a long time. ↗

— William Shatner

#captain #income #kirk #long #long time