Famous Quotes

Ogden Nash, "Pretty Halcyon Days"
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How pleasant to sit on the beach, / On the beach, on the sand, in the
sun, / With ocean galore within reach, / And nothing at all to be done!
-Ogden Nash, "Pretty Halcyon Days"

Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Midnight Oil," A Few Figs from Thistles, 1920
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Cut if you will, with Sleep's dull knife, / Each day to half its length, my
friend, - / The years that time takes off my life, / He'll take from off
the other end! -Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Midnight Oil," A Few Figs
from Thistles, 1920

James Thurber, Fables for Our Time, 1940
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It is better to have loafed and lost, than never to have loafed at all.
-James Thurber, Fables for Our Time, 1940

Thornton Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942
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My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your
ice cream while it's on your plate-that's my philosophy. -Thornton
Wilder, The Skin of Our Teeth, 1942

George Eliot, Felix Holt, The Radical, 1866
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One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to
go and look at their pleasures. -George Eliot, Felix Holt, The Radical,
1866

Molière, Tartuffe, 1664
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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually
be found. -Molière, Tartuffe, 1664

Omar Khayyám, "The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám," Edward FitzGerald, tr., 1859
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Here with a Loaf of Bread beneath the Bough, / A Flask of Wine, a
Book of Verse-and Thou / Beside me singing in the Wilderness.
-Omar Khayyám, "The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám," Edward
FitzGerald, tr., 1859

Anita Loos, Kiss Hollywood Good-by, 1974
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Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free.
-Anita Loos, Kiss Hollywood Good-by, 1974

Samuel Johnson, No. 58, The Idler, 1759
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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes
of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. -Samuel
Johnson, No. 58, The Idler, 1759

P. J. O'Rourke, Republican Party Reptile, 1987
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Everything that's fun in life is dangerous. -P. J. O'Rourke, Republican
Party Reptile, 1987