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The human heart has hidden treasures, In secret kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed.


Charlotte Bronte


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After all," Anne had said to Marilla once, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.


L.M. Montgomery


#inspirational #pearls #pleasures #simple #inspirational

Of two pleasures, if there be one which all or almost all who have experience of both give a decided preference, irrespective of any feeling of moral obligation to prefer it, that is the more desirable pleasure.


John Stuart Mill


#any #both #decided #desirable #experience

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.


Giacomo Leopardi


#allowing #appetites #brings #death #deprives

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.


Joshua L. Liebman


#immediate #long-term #maturity #person #pleasures

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.


Epictetus


#cease #greatest #greatest pleasures #moderation #please

What do you most wish for, Izzy?" "Herbs and salads, and fish straight from the river. A man needs no more than such pleasures.


Mary Novik


#food-for-thought #pleasures-of-life #food

My dear girl, you must cultivate a taste for the finer things. Civilized pleasures give meaning to life.


Barbara Taylor Bradford


#life

Solitude sharpens awareness of small pleasures otherwise lost.


Kevin Patterson


#lost #otherwise #pleasures #sharpens #small

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.


Samuel Richardson


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