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Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, Act 3

The secret of life is to appreciate…

17 May , 2024  

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived. Great short quote and quotation by: Oscar Wilde, A Woman of No Importance, Act 3 , Irish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900)

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There are seven sins in the world: …

22 Sep , 2015  

There are seven sins in the world: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice and politics without principle. Great short quote and quotation by: Mahatma Gandhi , Indian ascetic & nationalist leader (1869 – 1948)

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There is much pleasure to be gained…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Mary Wilson Little

There is no pleasure in having noth…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. Great short quote and quotation by: Mary Wilson Little ,

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There is no such thing as pure plea…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. Great short quote and quotation by: Ovid , Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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Think only of the past as its remem…

17 Dec , 2013  

Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure. Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice , English novelist (1775 – 1817)

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Immanuel Kant, FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THE METAPHYSICS OF ETHICS

To be beneficent when we can is a d…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be beneficent when we can is a duty; and besides this, there are many minds so sympathetically constituted that, without any other motive of vanity or self-interest, they find a pleasure in spreading joy around them, and can take delight in the satisfaction of others so far as it is their own work. But […]

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Gandhi

To give pleasure to a single heart …

13 Oct , 2011  

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer. Great short quote and quotation by: Gandhi ,

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Wallace Stevens

To name an object is to deprive a p…

13 Oct , 2011  

To name an object is to deprive a poem of three-fourths of its pleasure, which consists in a little-by-little guessing game; the ideal is to suggest. Great short quote and quotation by: Wallace Stevens , US poet (1879 – 1955)

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Aphra Behn

Variety is the soul of pleasure….

24 Mar , 2011  

Variety is the soul of pleasure. Great short quote and quotation by: Aphra Behn ,

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Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrams

Virtue extends our days: he live tw…

15 Feb , 2011  

Virtue extends our days: he live two lives who relives his past with pleasure. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Valerius Martialis, Epigrams , (40 AD – 103 AD)

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Charles Baudelaire

We are weighed down, every moment, …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are weighed down, every moment, by the conception and the sensation of Time. And there are but two means of escaping and forgetting this nightmare: pleasure and work. Pleasure consumes us. Work strengthens us. Let us choose. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Baudelaire , French poet (1821 – 1867)

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