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“I loved the excitement and the pleasures of life in New York, the opportunities for advancement, the pursuit of ambition, the theaters, the places of amusement, and such nights as the last I spent with you just as I was leaving for the West.”

Lasts Night Opportunity Pleasure New York Ambition Theater West Leaving Pursuit Excitement Amusement Advancement Pleasures Of Life

Author:Cass Gilbert

“We need examples of people who, leaving Heaven to decide whether they are to rise in the world, decide for themselves that they will be happy in it, and have resolved to seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity; making the first of possessions, self-possession; and honouring themselves in the harmless pride and calm pursuits of peace.”

People World Needs Firsts Self Heaven Wealth Pleasure Greater Example Pride Higher Fortune Leaving Calm Possession Deeper Pursuit Felicity

Book:The Two Paths

Source: The Two Paths

“The dreadful fear of hell is to be driven out, which disturbs the life of man and renders it miserable, overcasting all things with the blackness of darkness, and leaving no pure, unalloyed pleasure.”

Men Pleasure Darkness Hell Pure All Things Leaving Driven Miserable Blackness

Author:Lucretius

“But the true evil of drink lies in the disillusion: that the initial pleasure very soon evaporates, leaving a demoralizing craving for more, which is not even temporarily pleasurable. Which then leads to deterioration of the faculties of both body and mind; plus a bewildering lack of co-operation between the two.”

Mind Two Body Lying Evil Pleasure Drink Leaving Operations Faculty Plus Craving Initials Alcoholism Mind And Body Disillusion Deterioration Demoralizing True Evil

Author:Caitlin Thomas

“If there is one pleasure on earth which surpasses all others, it is leaving a play before the end. I might perhaps except the joy of taking tickets for a play, dining well, sitting on after dinner, and finally not going at all. That, of course, is very heaven.”

Ifs Wells Ends Play Might Earth Joy Courses Heaven Pleasure Sitting Theater Leaving Dinner Tickets Dining

Book:High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

Source: High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

“It has been said that the only reason for leaving England is to give yourself the pleasure of coming back to it.”

Giving Has Beens Said Reason Pleasure England Leaving Coming Back

Book:The Glory of the Garden

Source: The Glory of the Garden

“The pleasure of leaving home, care-free, with no concern but to enjoy, has also as a pendant the pleasure of coming back to the old hearthstone, the home to which, however traveled, the heart still fondly turns, ignoring the burden of its anxieties and cares.”

Heart Stills Home Care Turns Enjoy Pleasure Travel Anxiety Concern Leaving Burden Traveled Coming Back Leaving Home Pendants

Book:Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition

Source: Piazza Tales and Other Prose Pieces, 1839-1860: Volume Nine, Scholarly Edition

“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.”

Ifs World Looks Has Beens Enough Home Joy Father Pleasure Inspiring Sadness Tomorrow Lucky Leaving Excitement Caves Carriages Miscarriage Leaving Home Father Leaving

Author:Audrey Hepburn