(462 quotes found)
“O Fame! if I e'er took delight in thy praises, 'Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.”
Lord Byron
“The only way that I could figure they could improve upon Coca-Cola, one of life's most delightful elixirs, which studies prove will heal the sick and occasionally raise the dead, is to put rum or bourbon in it.”
Lewis Grizzard
“There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Upon the Nipples of Julia's Breast: Have ye beheld (with much delight) A red rose peeping through a white? Or else a cherry (double graced) Within a lily? Center placed? Or ever marked the pretty beam A strawberry shows half drowned in cream?”
Robert Herrick
“Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.”
Bible
“Perhaps the most delightful friendships are those in which there is much agreement, much disputation, and yet more personal liking”
George Eliot
“Society is like a lawn where every roughness is smoothed, every bramble eradicated, and where the eye is delighted by the smiling verdure of a velvet surface”
Washington Irving
“These violent delights have violent ends.”
William Shakespeare
“Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature.”
Albert Einstein
“Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight”
William Safire
