A Quote by Mark Twain

The exquisitely bad is as satisfying to the soul as the exquisitely good. Only the mediocre is unendurable.

Mark Twain

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Bad Good Mediocre Only Satisfying Soul Unendurable

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.

James Boswell

Even a small amount of dark chocolate can be exquisitely satisfying if you meditate on it.

Dean Ornish

If by the time we're sixty we haven't learned what a knot of paradox and contradiction life is, and how exquisitely the good and the bad are mingled in every action we take, and what a compromising hostess Our Lady of Truth is, we haven't grown old to much purpose.

John Cowper Powys

How you eat is as important as what you eat. If I eat mindlessly while watching television, I get all of the calories and none of the pleasure. Instead, if I eat mindfully, paying attention and savoring what I'm eating, smaller portions of food can be exquisitely satisfying.

Dean Ornish

However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.

Henry Fielding

You're after something - not a story, but a certain, exquisitely intense encounter with beauty - and the only way to find it is to tiptoe past the dragon's cave.