The pleasure of criticizing takes away from us the pleasure of being moved by some very fine thingsJean de La BruyèrelossespleasurecritismCopy this quote
“The human heart has hidden treasures, in secret kept, in silence sealed; the thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, whose charms were broken if revealed
“Life does not agree with philosophy: There is no happiness that is not idleness, and only what is useless is pleasurable
“We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.
“Bang-whang-whang goes the drum, tootle-tetootle the fife; no keeping one's haunches still: it's the greatest pleasure in life