The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. – Arthur Schopenhauer
Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.
One man’s pain is another mans pleasure.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. – Aristotle
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. – Seneca
Don’t just hurry, don’t just haste. Don’t just worry, don’t just waste. Life is a treasure, enjoy the pleasure. – RVM
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. – William Shakespeare
Pleasures that we seek are not happiness at its peak. For it is contentment that gives true fulfillment. – RVM
God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain. – C.S. Lewis
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. – Lord Chesterfield
Real pleasure comes from overcoming challenges, feeling confidence in your abilities, and experiencing the power this brings. – Robert Greene
Pleasure and discipline need to stay close friends. – Terri Guillemets
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase. – Abraham Lincoln
The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself. – Percy Bysshe Shelley
A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered. – C.S. Lewis
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. – Jane Austen
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. – Tryon Edwards
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don’t mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. – Josh Billings
Pleasure is the sun of the morning, the cloud of the meridian, and the storm of the evening. – William Scott Downey
Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures. – Voltaire
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. – Nicolas Chamfort
Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old. – Fulke Greville
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. – Thomas Jefferson
Pleasure is the bait of sin. – Plato
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures. – Samuel Johnson
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. – Jane Austen
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, there is nothing guilty about it. – Busy Phillips
We are prone to seek immediate pleasure or good, however small, rather than remote pleasure or good, however vast. – Horace Mann
Give them pleasure. The same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare. – Alfred Hitchcock
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. – Plato
Pleasure is none, if not diversified. – John Donne
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins. – Lionel Tiger
Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within. – Eckhart Tolle
Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. – Soren Kierkegaard
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. – Leonardo da Vinci
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. – Ovid
One of life’s most simple pleasures is spending time with those we love…
Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure. – Lord Byron
Life wears many faces. Pleasure is the most enticing face, and it’s the face your enemy wears.
It isn’t the great big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a great deal out of the little ones. – Jean Webster
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. – Aristotle
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. – Chinese Proverb
The highway of pleasure is crossed by many toll-gates. – Lewis F. Korns
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you. – Colette
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex. – Oscar Wilde
If pleasure is what you want, do not suppress the desire. Seek it intelligently. – Huston Smith
Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. – William Henley
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. – Stendhal
Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. – Oscar Wilde
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. – Bertrand Russell
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