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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils. – Pliny the Elder	added by anonymous 10 years ago
In the sandal-tree are serpents, in the water lotus flowers, but crocodiles also; even virtues are marred by the vicious?in all enjoyments there is something which impairs our happiness. – The Hitopadesa	added by anonymous 12 years ago
As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity. I collected some of their Proverbs. – William Blake, "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell", 1790	added by anonymous 13 years ago
From social intercourse are derived some of the highest enjoyments of life; where there is a free interchange of sentiments the mind acquires new ideas, and by frequent exercise of its powers, the understanding gains fresh vigor. – Joseph Addison	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal. – Benjamin Disraeli	added by anonymous 14 years ago
As I was walking among the fires of Hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius which to Angels look like torment and insanity. I collected some of their Proverbs. – William Blake	added by anonymous 14 years ago
O Winter ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know. – William Cowper	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Roam abroad in the world, and take thy fill of its enjoyments before the day shall come when thou must quit it for good. – Saadi	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth and which still has endless leisure to devote to nothing but banal enjoyments. All its great thoughts and passionate energy are things of the past, and nothing but a host of petty, gnawing vices now cling to it like worms to a corpse. – Alexis Charles Henri Clrel de Tocqueville	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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