#delight

No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them? ↗

— Rose Kennedy

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He who draws noble delights from sentiments of poetry is a true poet, though he has never written a line in all his life. ↗

— George Sand

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There is no delight in owning anything unshared. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The delights of self-discovery are always available. ↗

— Gail Sheehy

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Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition. ↗

— Alexander Smith

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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer. ↗

— Barbara de Angelis

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Hatred, in the course of time, kills the unhappy wretch who delights in nursing it in his bosom. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

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But the delights of solitude don't only consist of dreaming. Next in enjoyment, I think, comes planning. ↗

— Anna Neagle

#consist #delights #dreaming #enjoyment #i