Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
Charles Maurice De TalleyrandRead
Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.
Interpretation
Dinner is a daily joy that provides a brief escape from life's pressures.
This quote highlights the simple yet profound pleasure that comes from having dinner, which is not only a daily necessity but also a moment of joy and relaxation. It suggests that the act of sharing a meal is a consistent source of happiness, contrasting it with other fleeting pleasures that may not occur as regularly.
In practice
In a toast at a family gathering while serving dinner.
Espresso is to Italy, what champagne is to France.
A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars.
If we go on explaining we shall cease to understand one another.
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.
What clever man has ever needed to commit a crime? Crime is the last resort of political half-wits.
An important art of politicians is to find new names for institutions which under old names have become odious to the public.
Sexiness is a state of mind - a comfortable state of being. It's about loving yourself in your most unlovable moments.
If we depend for our happiness on another, on society or on environment, they become essential to us; we cling to them, and any alteration of these we violently oppose because we depend upon them for our psychological security and comfort.
Happiness radiates like the fragrance from a flower, and draws all good things toward you.
When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.
Joy, feeling one's own value, being appreciated and loved by others, feeling useful and capable of production are all factors of enormous value for the human soul.
Happiness and suffering do not depend on being poor or rich, they depend on having the right or wrong understanding in our mind.
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