“A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments, her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly. She is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight. She is every way suitable to the sublimest wish, and the man that has such a one to his portion, has nothing to do but to rejoice in her, and be thankful.” MenWayWellsPersonsWishWomenTaughtHe ManConversationCreaturesDelightWitAccomplishmentEnjoymentComparisonHeavenlyRejoicePortionsBehaviourSweetnessBeing ThankfulSuitableSoftnessAngelicEmblemsPeace Love Book:An Essay Upon Projects Source: An Essay Upon Projects
“There is a kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of mankind endeavor to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance. The poorest mechanic, nay, the man who lives upon common alms, gets him his set of admirers, and delights in that superiority which he enjoys over those who are in some respects beneath him. This ambition, which is natural to the soul of man, might, methinks, receive a very happy turn; and, if it were rightly directed, contribute as much to a person's advantage, as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet.” IfsMenKindLittlesPersonsDoeSoulMightTurnsEnjoyNaturalCommonMankindHe ManAmbitionAdvantageDelightCirclesEndeavorSuperiorityVery HappyMechanicInsignificantAcquaintanceGrandeurPoorestAdmirerAlmsUneasiness Book:The spectator Source: The spectator
“I do note that photography, a despised medium to work in, is full of empty phonies and worthless commercial people. That presents quite a challenge to the man who can take delight in being in a very difficult, disdained medium.” PeopleMenDifficultChallengesHe ManPhotographyEmptyNotesPhotographerDelightMediumsWorthlessDespisedPhony Author:Walker Evans
“A man who always talks for fame never can be pleasing. The man who talks to unburthen his mind is the man to delight you.” MenMindTalkingHe ManFameDelight Author:Samuel Johnson
“The particular source of frustration of women observing their own self-study and measuring their worth as women by the distance they kept from men necessitated that a distance be kept, and so what vindicated them also poured fuel on the furnace of their rage. One delight presumed another dissatisfaction, but their hatefulness confessed to their own lack of power to please. They hated men because they needed husbands, and they loathed the men they chased away for going.” MenSelfStudyWifeParticularHe ManSourceNeededPleaseHusbandMen And WomenDistanceDelightRageHatedFuelFrustrationObservingDissatisfactionMeasuringFurnacesVindicated Author:Alexander Theroux
“Look what thy soul holds dear, imagine it To lie that way thou goest, not whence thou com'st. Suppose the singing birds musicians, The grass whereon thou tread'st the presence strewed, The flowers fair ladies, and thy steps no more Than a delight measure or a dance; For gnarling sorrow hath less power to bite The man that mocks at it and sets it light.” MenWayLooksSoulLightLyingImaginationStepsImagineHe ManFlowerSorrowMusicianSingingBirdFairsDearDelightGrassBitesSinging Birds Book:King Richard II: Third Series Source: King Richard II: Third Series
“One thing that keeps me awake at night: I am a mother and, I have to confess with great delight, a grandmother of five girls, which gives me great hope for the future - girl power! Can I say that without alienating all of the men?” MenGivingMotherNightGirlFiveOne ThingHe ManGive MeDelightAwakeGrandmotherGirl PowerHope For The FutureGreat HopeAwake At Night Author:Queen Noor of Jordan