Some have courage in pleasures, and some in pains: some in desires, and some in fears, and some are cowards under the… — Socrates Copy Share Image
“For Sade, all tenderness is false, a deceit, a trap; all pleasure contains within itself the seeds of atrocities; all beds are… — Angela Carter Copy Share Image
“I should like to elbow aside the established pieties and raise my martini glass in salute to the mortal arts of pleasure.” — Bob Shacochis Copy Share Image
The clog of all pleasure, the luggage of life, is the best can be said for a very good wife. — John Wilmot Copy Share Image
I am a friend to subordination, as most conducive to the happiness of society. There is a reciprocal pleasure in governing and… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The double pleasure of pulling down an opponent, and of raising oneself, is the charm of a politician's life. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
The world is so constructed, that if you wish to enjoy its pleasures, you also must endure its pains. — Swami Brahmananda Copy Share Image
“I have been meditating on the very great pleasure which a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Everything passes. There is great beauty in this, both in the passing of pain and in the passing of pleasure. When things… — Guy Finley Copy Share Image
I had never known the pleasure of reading, of exploring the recesses of the soul, of letting myself be carried away by… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
All field sports people are doing is turning an inevitable necessity into a pleasure. If the animal is going to be killed… — Clarissa Dickson Wright Copy Share Image
Life is beautiful because it is a controlled yet chaotic dance of ups and downs where we are blessed with the ability… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
You have to be a lover of books without expecting more of them than they give - a little pleasure, a little… — Anne Roiphe Copy Share Image
Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life… — Walter Bagehot Copy Share Image
Our current drug crisis is a tragedy born of a phony system of classification. For reasons that are little more than accidents… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The power and magic of music lie in its intangibility and its limitlessness. It suggests images, but leaves us free to choose… — Wanda Landowska Copy Share Image
Over the years, one comes to measure a place, too, not just for the beauty it may give, the balminess of its… — Barry Lopez Copy Share Image
The correct way to punctuate a sentence that states: "Of course it is none of my business, but -- " is to… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Fashionable women regard themselves, and are regarded by men, as pretty toys or as mere instruments of pleasure; and the vacuity of… — Sarah Moore Grimke Copy Share Image
There is no lasting pleasure but contemplation; all others grow flat and insipid upon frequent use; and when a man hath run… — Gilbert Burnet Copy Share Image
It is true, Monsieur," Raoule went on, shrugging her shoulders, "that I have had lovers in my life as I have books… — Rachilde Copy Share Image
“Within minutes my 115-mile walk through the desert hills becomes a thing apart, a disjunct reality on the far side of a… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“The pleasures of being a novelist are many. But the greatest by far is the manner in which I live through my… — Richelle E. Goodrich Copy Share Image
Accounts of outrages committed by mobs form the every-day news of the times. They have pervaded the country from New England to… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Most of the people who act and sing do so for their own pleasure and that of their friends and family. — Kate Smith Copy Share Image
Pleasure and revenge Have ears more deaf than adders to the voice Of any true decision. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
I'm talking about enjoying and finding pleasure and interest and happiness and curiosity every moment. — Valerie Harper Copy Share Image
The small hopes and plans and pleasures of children should be tenderly respected by grown-up people, and never rudely thwarted or ridiculed. — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Trading is more or less like betting or gambling, but only without the pleasure show of the game. — William C. Brown Copy Share Image
“The only pleasing thing in life is pain. Pain creates pleasure, but not in the literal way.” — Mia P Copy Share Image
I look at life as a one-time opportunity, and you have to take pleasure in each moment, even if it is very… — Ori Gersht Copy Share Image
I did realize, as do you, how blessed I was to know bookjoy, the private pleasure of savoring text. — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain. — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The pleasure of romance in dark is 10 times than when the light is on :P — Anonymous Copy Share Image
These heels are candy for the feet; they’re for pleasure, not practicality. — Christian Louboutin Copy Share Image
As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny. — Jan Morris Copy Share Image
Working from nine till five every day at something that gives you no pleasure just so that, after thirty years, you can… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
Religion contracts the circle of our pleasures, but leaves it wide enough for her votaries to expatiate in. — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
“... food is not simply organic fuel to keep body and soul together, it is a perishable art that must be savoured… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
May your divinity, Lord, take pleasure in me and lead me above the world to be with you. — Isaac of Nineveh Copy Share Image
