. . . this life is a perpetual chequer-work of good and evil, pleasure and pain. When in possession of what we… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
In every one of us there are two ruling and directing principles, whose guidance we follow wherever they may lead; the one… — Socrates Copy Share Image
Messi on the World Cup 2014? He showed why he is the best player in the world. It was a pleasure to… — Alessandro Del Piero Copy Share Image
Sensibility would be a good portress if she had but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
He who speaks a bit of a foreign language has more delight in it than he who speaks it well; pleasure goes… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I'm not asking you to describe the rain falling the night the archangel arrived; I'm demanding that you get me wet. Make… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Bacchus ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain. Bachus's blessings are a treasure, Drinking is the soldier's pleasure, Rich the… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
To live in a harmonious balance of commitments and pleasures is what I strive for. — Jane Rule Copy Share Image
After carrying and collecting like the ant, Enjoy-before the grave worm devours thee. — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
To associate with other like-minded people in small, purposeful groups is for the great majority of men and women a source of… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Fogg states that all humans are motivated to seek pleasure and avoid pain; to seek hope and avoid fear; and finally, to… — Nir Eyal Copy Share Image
Part of the pleasure of editing 'Vogue,' one that lies in a long tradition of this magazine, is being able to feature… — Anna Wintour Copy Share Image
Of course, we all inevitably work too hard, then we get burned out and have to spend the whole weekend in our… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
There's something about the awareness of the limits that makes you tune in more to your surroundings and I've experienced a lot… — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
Oh! be thou blest with all that Heaven can send, Long health, long youth, long pleasure-and a friend. — Alexander Pope Copy Share Image
Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When that much time goes by, you're really listening to your old music differently. At the time it's written, it was the… — Chris Cornell Copy Share Image
If after all your efforts you cannot succeed, you could not please our Lord more than by sacrificing to Him your will,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best literature is always a take [in the musical sense]; there is an implicit risk in its execution, a margin of… — Julio Cortazar Copy Share Image
I guess one man's trash is the next man's treasure, one man's pain is the next man's pleasure. — Fort Minor Copy Share Image
