AMUSEMENT QUOTES III

quotations about amusement

Amusements are to religion like breezes of air to the flame; gentle ones will fan it, but strong ones will put it out.

DAVID THOMAS

attributed, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers


The habit of dissipating every serious thought by a succession of agreeable sensations is as fatal to happiness as to virtue; for when amusement is universally substituted for objects of moral and mental interest, we lost all that elevates our enjoyments above the scale of childish pleasure.

BENJAMIN F. POWELL

Bible of Reason; or, Scriptures of Ancient Moralists


But amusement allures and deceives us, and leads us down imperceptibly to the grave.

BLAISE PASCAL

Thoughts of Blaise Pascal


If variety is sought in all the arts and amusements, such as archery and others, how much more should it be sought after in the art of love.

MALLANAGA VATSYAYANA

Kama Sutra


For man always looked to hire a fool to amuse him without knowing he was one all along.

HANNA ABI AKL

A Road Away From Home


We cry for mercy to the next amusement;
The next amusement mortgages our fields.

EDWARD YOUNG

Night Thoughts


You live but once; you might as well be amusing.

COCO CHANEL

attributed, This Year I Sing


His life, for years past, had been mainly a succession of resigned adaptations, and he had learned, before dealing practically with his embarrassments, to extract from most of them a small tribute of amusement.

EDITH WHARTON

"The Triumph of the Night"