quotations about amusement
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
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"
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
You live but once; you might as well be amusing.
COCO CHANEL
attributed, This Year I Sing
Serena had to cross her legs: in moments of dire amusement her bladder tended to play tricks.
A.P.
Sabine
We cry for mercy to the next amusement;
The next amusement mortgages our fields.
EDWARD YOUNG
Night Thoughts
What revels are in hand? Is there no play
To ease the anguish of a torturing hour?
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
A Midsummer Night's Dream
It is exceedingly deleterious to withdraw the sanction of religion from amusement; if we feel that it is all injurious we should strip the earth of all its flowers, and blot out its pleasant sunshine.
E.H. CHAPIN
attributed, Day's Collacon