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Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometimes, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.
by Barbara Schapirokeywords: absurdities, delight, ironies, just, laughter, mothering, pure, recognition, sometimes, though , unthinking Revenge is barren of itself: it is the dreadful food it feeds on; its delight is murder, and its end is despair.
by Friedrich Schiller (Dramatist, German , born in 1759) keywords: barren, delight, despair, dreadful, end, feeds, food, itself, murder , revenge A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
by Arthur Schopenhauer (Philosopher, German , born in 1788) keywords: advance, afterward, anything, comes, delight, enjoy, enjoyed, flowing, forward, hoping, less, look, looking, man, more, out, part, particular, pleasure, satisfaction , some It is also very engaging - and a delight - to go back to Bangladesh as often as I can, which is not only my old home, but also where some of my closest friends and collaborators live and work.
by Amartya Sen (Philosopher, Indian , born in 1933) keywords: also, back, bangladesh, closest, collaborators, delight, engaging, friends, go, home, live, often, old, only, some, very, where, which , work War is the statesman's game, the priest's delight, the lawyer's jest, the hired assassin's trade.
by Percy Bysshe Shelley (Poet, English , born in 1792) keywords: assassin, delight, game, hired, jest, lawyer, priest, statesman, trade , war Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing.
by Joe Shuster (Artist, Canadian , born in 1914) keywords: absolutely, both, collecting, collector, delight, early, first, flash, foster, found, hal, intense, interested, joe, later, met, only, pages, same, showed, some, tarzan, thing, type , were There is much boasting among the young men about their teams as their horse and carts in Cleveland. Most of the Yorkshire men take as much delight in their ox draught as they used to do in their Horse Draught.
by Nathaniel Smith (Politician, American , born in 1762) keywords: among, boasting, carts, cleveland, delight, draught, horse, men, most, much, ox, take, teams, their, used, yorkshire , young Twins are usually hailed with delight, because they swell the power of the family, though in some instances they are put to death.
by John H. Spekekeywords: because, death, delight, family, hailed, instances, power, put, some, swell, though, twins , usually Count Dracula had directed me to go to the Golden Krone Hotel, which I found, to my great delight, to be thoroughly old-fashioned, for of course I wanted to see all I could of the ways of the country.
by Bram Stoker (Writer, Irish , born in 1847) keywords: could, count, country, course, delight, directed, dracula, found, go, golden, great, had, hotel, old-fashioned, see, thoroughly, wanted, ways , which Love consists in desiring to give what is our own to another and feeling his delight as our own.
by Emanuel Swedenborg (Scientist, Swedish , born in 1688) keywords: another, consists, delight, desiring, feeling, give, his, love, our , own As your faith is strengthened you will find that there is no longer the need to have a sense of control, that things will flow as they will, and that you will flow with them, to your great delight and benefit.
by Emmanuel Teneytopics: Faith keywords: benefit, control, delight, faith, find, flow, great, longer, need, sense, strengthened, them, things, will , your If kind parents love their children and delight in their happiness, then he who is perfect goodness in sending abroad mortal contagions doth assuredly direct their use.
by John Woolman (Clergyman, American , born in 1720) keywords: abroad, assuredly, children, delight, direct, doth, goodness, happiness, kind, love, mortal, parents, perfect, sending, their, then , use And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette.
by Minoru Yamasaki (Architect, American , born in 1912) keywords: any, available, delight, everything, feel, gain, held, joy, myth, our, palette, parts, should, society , such
