#pleasure

Clever people seem not to feel the natural pleasure of bewilderment, and are always answering questions when the chief relish of a life is to go on asking them. ↗

— Frank Moore Colby

#answering #asking #bewilderment #chief #clever

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure. ↗

— William Congreve

#haste #heels #leisure #married #pleasure

I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure. ↗

— Clarence Darrow

#die #few #i #never #notices

Materialism, attachment to things of the world, includes pride. Many religious people suffer from pride: taking pleasure or even delight in being good, or religious. ↗

— Idries Shah

#materialism #pleasure #pride #religion #sufi

I used to own a dingy and can still sail one if pushed, but I like the pleasure boats. ↗

— John Dyer

#i #like #own #pleasure #pushed

One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

#anti-semitism #being #i #jew #pleasures

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. ↗

— Epictetus

#foolish #nature #pleasures #resist #slave

I think a lot of people have a misconception of what the kitchen is about, but you know the grueling part of it is also the pleasure of it. That's why I think you have to have a certain mentality to understand what that is and be able to handle it. ↗

— Todd English

#about #also #certain #grueling #handle

He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#does #family #indeed #large #large family

The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need. ↗

— Jonathan Franzen

#how #little #me #need #pleasure