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
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer
There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. – Bertrand Russell
Pleasure is the sun of the morning, the cloud of the meridian, and the storm of the evening. – William Scott Downey
Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old. – Fulke Greville
It isn’t the great big pleasures that count the most; it’s making a great deal out of the little ones. – Jean Webster
Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. – William Henley
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. – Thomas Jefferson
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. – Ovid
I don’t believe in guilty pleasures. If you enjoy something, there is nothing guilty about it. – Busy Phillips
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. – Jane Austen
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and longer still at what pains you. – Colette
If pleasure is what you want, do not suppress the desire. Seek it intelligently. – Huston Smith
Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. – Oscar Wilde
Many of us pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that we hurry past it. – Soren Kierkegaard
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman
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