Heart Asks Pleasure

Famous quotes containing the words heart, asks and/or pleasure:

    “The proper office of religion is to regulate the heart of men, humanize their conduct, infuse the spirit of temperance, order, and obedience; and as its operation is silent, and only enforces the motives of morality and justice, it is in danger of being overlooked, and confounded with these other motives.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “But blest is he, who, playing deep, yet haply asks not why,
    Too busied with the crowded hour to fear to live or die.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “Surprizes are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable.”
    —Jane Austen (1775–1817)