"Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss."

Delight, Loss, Possession

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"Riches do not delight us so much with their possession, as torment us with their loss."

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"When we cannot be delivered from ourselves, we delight in devouring ourselves."

Emile M. Cioran, Romanian Philosopher

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Henri Matisse, French Artist

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"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."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing."

Austin Dobson, English Celebrity

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"Verse is not written, it is bled; Out of the poet's abstract head. Words drip the poem on the page; Out of his grief, delight and rage."

Paul Engle, American Poet

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"It was like the way you wanted sunshine on Saturdays, or pancakes for breakfast. They just made you feel good."

Sarah Addison Allen, American Novelist

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"The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing."

Isaac Asimov, American Scientist

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"There is no greater delight than to be conscious of sincerity on self-examination."

Mencius, Chinese Philosopher

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"Well-building hat three conditions. Commodity, firmness, and delight."

Henry Wotton, English Author

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