A fat kitchen makes a lean will. [ Franklin ]
Indulgence, twin sister of guilt [ Mme. Necker ]
Feast today makes fast tomorrow. [ Plautus ]
As you from crimes would pardon'd be.
Let your indulgence set me free. [ William Shakespeare ]
The indulgence in grief is a blunder. [ Beaconsfield ]
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure. [ Juvenal ]
Had doting Priam checked his son's desire,
Troy had been bright with fame, and not with fire. [ William Shakespeare ]
The indulgence of revenge tends to make men more savage and cruel. [ Lord Kames ]
Hence (from sensual indulgence) sudden deaths and intestate old age. [ Juv ]
The habitual indulgence in such reading is a silent, mining mischief. [ Hannah More ]
Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. [ Benjamin Disraeli ]
Life is too short to spare an hour of it in the indulgence of this evil passion. [ Lamartine ]
Anger has some claim to indulgence, and railing is usually a relief to the mind. [ Junius ]
Indulgence is lovely in the sinless; toleration, adorable in the pious and believing heart. [ Mme. Swetchine ]
Study is the bane of boyhood, the aliment of youth, the indulgence of manhood, and the restorative of age. [ Landor ]
Study is the bane of childhood, the aliment of youth, the indulgence of manhood, and the restoration of age. [ Walter Savage Landor ]
One could not commit a greater crime against public interests than to show indulgence to those who violate them. [ Richelieu ]
The best philosophy to employ toward the world is to alloy the sarcasm of gayety with the indulgence of contempt. [ Chamfort ]
To be able to be silent testifies of power, to will to be silent of indulgence, to be obliged to be silent of the spirit of the time. [ C. J. Weber ]
'Tis ever thus: indulgence spoils the base; Raising up pride, and lawless turbulence. Like noxious vapors from the fulsome marsh When morning shines upon it. [ Joanna Baillie ]
Both in individuals and in masses violent excitement is always followed by remission, and often by reaction. We are all inclined to depreciate whatever we have overpraised, and, on the other hand, to show undue indulgence where we have shown undue rigor. [ Macaulay ]
If thy mother be a widow, give her double honor, who now acts the part of a double parent; remember her nine month's burden, and her tenth month's travel; forget not her indulgence, when thou didst hang upon her tender breast; call to mind her prayers for thee before thou earnest into the world; and her cares for thee when thou wert come into the world; remember her secret groans, her affectionate tears, her broken slumbers, her daily fears, her nightly frights; relieve her wants, cover her imperfections, comfort her age, and the widow's husband will be the orphan's father. [ F. Quarles ]