Löydetty 47 Tulokset: Pleasure

• We have accepted with pleasure the shield that the Jews sent us. (1 Maccabees 15, 20)

• The readers' pleasure depends on how the account was arranged, just as it is with one who drinks. It does not do any good when one drinks only pure wine or water but wine mixed with water is tasty and delightful. Let this, then, be my last word. (2 Maccabees 15, 39)

• Come, let us abandon ourselves to pleasure and drink our fill of love all night, (Proverbs 7, 18)

• Pleasure-lovers remain poor, he who loves wine and perfume will never grow rich. (Proverbs 21, 17)

• I said in my heart, "I will try pleasure! taste happiness!" But I found that was useless. (Ecclesiastes 2, 1)

• Laughter is foolishness! As for pleasure, what good is it? (Ecclesiastes 2, 2)

• I refused myself nothing that my eyes desired nor did I deprive my heart of any pleasure. I enjoyed all I undertook and that was my reward for my work. (Ecclesiastes 2, 10)

• I know that there is nothing better for him to do than to seek pleasure and well-being during his life. (Ecclesiastes 3, 12)

• a man alone, without son or brother, working endlessly, his greed never satisfied with wealth: "For whom do I work and deprive myself of pleasure?" This, too, is nonsense and mistaken investment. (Ecclesiastes 4, 8)

• When you make a vow to God, waste no time in fulfilling it, for he takes no pleasure in fools. Do what you vowed. (Ecclesiastes 5, 3)

• So I praise joy, since for man there is no happiness under the sun other than eating, drinking and taking pleasure in his work throughout the life God gives him under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 8, 15)

• Man prepares a meal for pleasure; wine gives cheer to life while money is the answer to everything. (Ecclesiastes 10, 19)