All life is a jest, Imhotep - and it is death who laughs last. Do you not hear it at every feast? Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you die.

— Agatha Christie

And when all the flourless chocolate cakes & chocolate mousse or panache cakes have come and gone, there will still be nothing like a fudge brownie, dry & crackled on top, moist & dense within, with a glass of cold milk.

— Richard Sax

An over-indulgence of anything, even something as pure as water, can intoxicate.

— Criss Jami

Besides the pleasure, there is always remorse, from the indulgence of our passions; and, after all, what have you men to fear from all this; the world excuses, and notoriety ennobles you?

— Alexandre Dumas

Common man's patience will bring him more happiness than common man's power.

— Amit Kalantri

Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.

— Mahatma Gandhi

Grief lets you indulge in it, so that it can feed itself.

— Sreesha Divakaran

Guilt is an indulgence, it entangles you in the past.

— Gregg Hurwitz

I did not wait to hear the end of my father's story, for I had been with him myself after mass when we had met M. Legrand in; instead, I went downstairs to the kitchen to ask about the menu for our dinner, which was of fresh interest to me daily, like the news in a paper, and excited me as might the program of a coming festivity.

— Marcel Proust

Indulgence comes in all varieties: a mouthful of gourmet chocolate, a hot stone massage, a week in Paris or 20 uninterrupted minutes to get lost in a book.

— Gina Greenlee