Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

Quote by Chinese Proverbs

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can...

You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can...

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it

Covet wealth, and want it; don't, and luck will grant it

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than...

A bird can roost but on one branch, a mouse can drink not more than...

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

One never needs their humor as much a when they argue with a fool.

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

A closed mind is like a closed book; just a block of wood

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right

So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

Politeness wins the confidence of princes

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

The saving man becomes the free man.

The saving man becomes the free man.

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

A single conversation across the table with a wise person is worth a month's study...

I'm done being the first one to start the conversation with you.

I'm done being the first one to start the conversation with you.

Polite conversation is rarely either.

Polite conversation is rarely either.