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“Call'd to the temple of impure delight He that abstains, and he alone, does right. If a wish wander that way, call it home; He cannot long be safe whose wishes roam.”

Ifs Way Long Doe Home Wish Safe Delight Wander Temples Temperance

Book:Table Talk, and Other Poems, by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq

Source: Table Talk, and Other Poems, by William Cowper, of the Inner Temple, Esq

“It is my wish to delight all members of the family, young and old, parent and child.”

Children Young Wish Parent Members Delight Children And Parents My Wish Young And Old

Author:Walt Disney

“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.”

Source: An Essay Upon Projects

“Wishes, like painted landscapes, best delight, Whilst distance recommends them to the sight. Plac'd afar off, they beautiful appear: But show their coarse and nauseous colors near.”

Shows Beautiful Wish Color Sight Distance Delight Landscape Afar Coarse

Author:Thomas Yalden

“Study me, reader, if you delight in me, because on very few occasions shall I return to the world, and because the patience for this profession is found in very few, and only in those who wish to compose things anew. Come, oh men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose to nature.”

Ifs Men World Found Wish Study Return Reader Miracle Delight Profession Occasions

Author:Leonardo da Vinci