All Quotes By Tag: Enjoyment
“If God want to really help anyone, He will cause him or her to know and understand what vanity is early in life.”
“Your greatest regrets in life will not come from your past failures; they would come from remembering the amount of time you spent in pursuing vain things.”
“Hunt wisely”
“The main question to a novel is — did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not — story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing.”
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“Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.”
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“A premature death does not only rob one of the countless instances where one would have experienced pleasure, it also saves one from the innumerable instances where one would have experienced pain.”
“Voll Blüten steht der Pfirsichbaum nicht jede wächst zur Frucht sie schimmern hell wie Rosenschaum durch Blau und Wolkenflucht. Wie Blüten geh’n Gedanken auf hundert an jedem Tag — lass’ blühen, lass’ dem Ding den Lauf frag’ nicht nach dem Ertrag! Es muss auch Spiel und Unschuld sein und Blütenüberfluss sonst wär’ die Welt uns viel zu klein und Leben kein Genuss.”
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“[I]f a book is well written, I always find it too short.”
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“Honey, nobody ever knows someone completely. You have to just enjoy what you do know and have faith in the rest.”
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“To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
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“When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn’t climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened.”
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“Success isn’t important. What’s important is that one is happy and doing things one enjoys.”
“The people who truly understand life are not the ones who study it. They’re the ones who enjoy it.”
“The joy from eating does not come from the exclusivity of the food, but instead from the sensitivity that we eat it with.”
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