"The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices."

Frederick The Great, (Frederick II) on pleasure   

"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."

Johnson, Samuel on pleasure   

"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."

Kierkegaard, Søren on pleasure   

"God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain."

Lewis, C. S. on pleasure
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"We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give."

Petit-Senn, John on pleasure
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"Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil."

Plato on pleasure   

"People have many different kinds of pleasure. The real one is that for which they will forsake the others."

Proust, Marcel on pleasure   

"Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain."

Proverb on pleasure
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"You are quaffing drink from a hundred fountains: whenever any of these hundred yields less, your pleasure is diminished. But when the sublime fountain gushes from within you, no longer need you steal from the other fountains."

Rumi, Jalal-Uddin on pleasure
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"The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself."

Vaneigem, Raoul on pleasure   

"Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures."

Voltaire on pleasure
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"The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain."

Warner, Marina on pleasure   

"To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant."

Alcott, Amos Bronson on ignorance
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"Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat."

Bevin, Ernest on ignorance
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"The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise."

Bhagavad Gita on ignorance
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"If you think education is expensive, try ignorance."

Bok, Derek on ignorance
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"I do not believe in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance."

Carlyle, Thomas on ignorance   

"I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know."

Cicero, Marcus T. on ignorance
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"The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don't know anything about."

Dyer, Wayne on ignorance
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"Being ignorant is not so much a shame as being unwilling to learn."

Franklin, Benjamin on ignorance
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"Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on ignorance
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"Naivete in grownups is often charming; but when coupled with vanity it is indistinguishable from stupidity."

Hoffer, Eric on ignorance   

"Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge."

Mann, Horace on ignorance
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"The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism."

Osler, Sir William on ignorance
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"Better to ask a question than to remain ignorant."

Proverb on ignorance
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"What you don't know can't hurt you ."

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"Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind."

Tillotson, John on ignorance   

"Never forget public ignorance is the government's best friend."

Unknown, Source on ignorance
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"Most ignorance is invincible ignorance.We don't know because we don't want to know."

Huxley, Aldous on ignorance   

"If you view all the things that happen to you, both good and bad, as opportunities, then you operate out of a higher level of consciousness."

Brown, Les on opportunity
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"Too often the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late."

Coolidge, Rita on opportunity
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"The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in."

Copeland, William Taylor on opportunity
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"Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting -- a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a cup of blessing."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on opportunity
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"I didn't ask for it to be over. But then again I didn't ask for it to begin. For that's the way it is with life, as some of the most beautiful days come completely by chance. But even the most beautiful days eventually have their sunset"

Javan on chance
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"In every loving woman there is a priestess of the past -- a pious guardian of some affection, of which the object has disappeared."

Amiel, Henri Frederic on love
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"An orange on the table, your dress on the rug, and you in my bed, sweet present of the present, cool of night, warmth of my life."

Prevert, Jacques on love
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"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible -- it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could."

Angelis, Barbara De on love
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"Love is made by two people, in different kinds of solitude. It can be in a crowd, but in an oblivious crowd."

Aragon, Louis on love
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"The greatest weakness of most humans is their hesitancy to tell others how much they love them while they're still alive."

Battista, Orlando A. on love
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"When you love someone all your saved-up wishes start coming out."

Bowen, Elizabeth on love
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