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Enjoyment: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
What boots it at one gate to make defence, And at another to let in the foe?— MILTON — Samson Agonistes. L. 560.
The world is large when its weary leagues two loving hearts divide; But the world is small when your enemy is loose on the other side.— JOHN BOYLE O'REILLY — Distance.
A merely fallen enemy may rise again, but the reconciled one is truly vanquished.— SCHILLER
Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot That it do singe yourself.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 140.
I do believe, Induced by potent circumstances, that You are mine enemy, and make my challenge You shall not be my judge.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 76.
I do defy him, and I spit at him; Call him a slanderous coward and a villain: Which to maintain I would allow him odds, And meet him, were I tied to run afoot Even to the frozen ridges of the Alps.— Shakespeare — Richard II. Act I. Sc. 1. L. 60.
In cases of defence 'tis best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems; So the proportions of defence are fill'd; Which of a weak and niggardly projection Doth, like a miser, spoil his coat with scanting A little cloth.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 43.
It will let in and out the enemy With bag and baggage. S.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act I. Sc. 2. L. 205.
O cunning enemy, that, to catch a saint, With saints dost bait thy hook!— Shakespeare — Measure for Measure. Act II. Sc. 2. L. 180.
That you have many enemies, that know not Why they are so, but, like to village-curs, Bark when their fellows do.— Shakespeare — Henry VIII. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 158.
They are our outward consciences.— Shakespeare — Henry V. Act IV. Sc. 1 L. 8.
How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find. With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.— GOLDSMITH — The Traveller. L. 429.
For Solomon, he lived at ease, and full Of honour, wealth, high fare, aimed not beyond Higher design than to enjoy his state.— MILTON — Paradise Regained. Bk. II. L. 201.
Though throned in highest bliss Equal to God, and equally enjoying God-like fruition.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. III. L. 305.
Who can enjoy alone? Or all enjoying what contentment find?— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. VIII. L. 365.
Heaven forbids, it is true, certain gratifications, but there are ways and means of compounding such matters.— MOLIÈRE — Tartuffe. Act IV. Sc. 5.
Whether with Reason, or with Instinct blest, Know, all enjoy that pow'r which suits them best.— POPE — Essay on Man. Ep. III. L. 79.
Sleep, riches, and health, to be truly enjoyed, must be interrupted.— RICHTER — Flour, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces. Ch. VIII.
You were made for enjoyment, and the world was filled with things which you will enjoy, unless you are too proud to be pleased by them, or too grasping to care for what you cannot turn to other account than mere delight.— RUSKIN — Stones of Venice. Vol. I. Ch. II. 2.
And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. Written in Early Spring. Nature's old felicities.— WORDSWORTH — The Trosachs.
They most the world enjoy who least admire.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night VIII. L. 1,173.
Carpe diem, quam minime credula postero. Enjoy the present day, trusting very little to the morrow.— HORACE — Carmina. I. 11. 8.
Ride si sapis. Be merry if you are wise.— MARTIAL — Epigrammata. II. 41. 1.
Quam vellem longas tecum requiescere noctes, Et tecum longos pervigilare dies. How could I, blest with thee, long nights employ; And how with thee the longest day enjoy!— TIBULLUS — Carmina. III. 6. 53.