Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The fly that prefers sweetness to a long life may drown in honey. — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The sweetest pleasures soonest cloy, And its best flavour temperance gives to joy. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success. — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and the one nearest at hand. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The pleasures of the palate deal with us like Egyptian thieves who strangle those whom they embrace. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There's something so beautiful in coming on one's very inmost thoughts in another. In one way it is one of the greatest… — Olive Schreiner Copy Share Image
I draw pleasure in governance, in doing new things and bringing people together. That pleasure is all I need from life. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good. — Alone Boy Copy Share Image
Remember that life is neither pain nor pleasure; it is serious business, to be entered upon with courage and in a spirit… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
One pleasure attached to growing older is that many things seem to be growing younger; growing fresher and more lively than we… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
A government that can at pleasure accuse, shoot, and hang men, as traitors, for the one general offence of refusing to surrender… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
Do mortal fools still measure the increments leading to their deaths, wagering pleasures against costs, persisting in the delusion that deeds have… — Steven Erikson Copy Share Image
The heart asks pleasure first, And then, excuse from pain; And then, those little anodynes That deaden suffering; And then, to go… — Emily Dickinson Copy Share Image
Epicurus recommends bread and cheese as the staple, and his emphasis is more on avoiding pain than on seeking pleasure, insofar as… — Catherine Wilson Copy Share Image
I love spending time with my friends and family. The simplest things in life give me the most pleasure: cooking a good… — Cindy Morgan Copy Share Image
There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives… — Philip Johnson Copy Share Image
Though selfishness hath defiled the whole man, yet sensual pleasure is the chief part of its interest, and, therefore, by the senses… — Richard Baxter Copy Share Image
Ah, many a one has started forth with hope and purpose high; Has fought throughout a weary life, and passed all pleasure… — George Arnold Copy Share Image
There are some souls so base and filthy that they love gain and interest as noble souls love fame and virtue, knowing… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
I do still see that my nature is not to be quite conquered, but will esteem pleasure above all things, though yet… — Samuel Pepys Copy Share Image
Small people delight in what they call consistency-that is, it gives them immense pleasure to say that they believe now exactly as… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
There was about all the Romans a heroic tone peculiar to ancient life. Their virtues were great and noble, and these virtues… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
To some men peace merely means the liberty to exploit other people without fear of retaliation or interference. To others peace means… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
I have lived large parts of my life in wonderful circumstances that I utterly failed to appreciate. Reasons to be happy were… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Donna E. Smyth - adventures with words; she is always doing something new and unique. Beginning with her visceral morality, her stories… — George Elliott Clarke Copy Share Image
The pleasure of authenticity exists only against the grain of society. — John Zerzan Copy Share Image
