Quotes by Traherne, Thomas

Happiness was not made to be boasted, but enjoyed. Therefore tho other >>

An empty book is like an infant's soul, in which anything may be writt >>

To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love >>

Quotations about Pleasure

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure. >>

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marri >>

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. >>

Your enjoyment of the world is never right, till every morning you awake in Heaven: see yourself in your Father's palace; and look upon the skies, the earth, and the air as celestial joys: having such a reverend esteem of all, as if you were among the angels.

Traherne, Thomas