Pleasure Quotes · Page 44

Paris, the FedEx deliveryman of Pleasure and Fatality.

— Gena Showalter

I am a man of simple pleasures. The best suits me perfectly.

— Oscar Wilde

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

— Samuel Johnson

The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven.

— Noel Coward

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

— Plato

Do not lose the treasure of your Self for the pleasure of the senses.

— Swami Parthasarathy

Reading for pleasure isn’t separate from learning to read.

— Pam Allyn

A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.

— Oscar Wilde

Now shall I walk or shall I ride? 'Ride,' Pleasure said; 'Walk,' Joy replied.

— Anonymous

Enjoy pleasures, but let them be your own, and then you will taste them.

— Lord Chesterfield

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

— Anonymous

“The brutalities of wolves are not for enjoyment and pleasure; they are all just for the survival.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Do not let a day go by without taking some time for yourself - some time you spend in pure pleasure, as…

— Napoleon Hill

“Thankfully, the nature of pain reminds us of what the ease of pleasure foolishly allows us to forget.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“The greatest pleasure in life is derived from knowing the little piece of one's self offered to another has helped to make…

— Al Boudreau

“God is our supreme pleasure. We prefer above all else to know him and see him and be with him and be…

— John Piper

Open your heart, your gaze, to the visitations of angels, even if the gifts they bring may not be centeredness and balance…

— James Hillman

Often people, when they're confronted with a poem, it's like someone who keep saying 'what is the meaning of this? What is…

— Billy Collins

The rub is that the pursuit of happiness, as an end in itself, tends automatically, and widely, to be replaced by the…

— Whittaker Chambers

How well u treat the wicked people, they do nto give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent…

— Chanakya

The feeling of pleasure and enjoyment from what we do is extremely important. It creates trust and respect when you walk into…

— Julian Nagelsmann

Let now the chimneys blaze And cups o’erflow with wine... The summer hath his joys, And winter his delights; Though love and…

— Thomas Campion

Everything was meant to wind people up [in Make It Big ]. I don't know why we had this great pleasure in…

— George Michael

The only thing we are naturally afraid of is pain, or loss of pleasure. And because these are not annexed to any…

— John Locke

LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude…

— Sathya Sai Baba

Music [is] a science peculiarly productive of a pleasure that no state of life, publick or private, secular or sacred; no difference…

— Samuel Pepys

If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a…

— James Madison

Heroism is latent in every human soul - However humble or unknown, they (the veterans) have renounced what are accounted pleasures and…

— Joshua Chamberlain

Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes…

— Paulo Coelho

I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past…

— John Gardner

Children should transcribe favourite passages. --A certain sense of possession and delight may be added to this exercise if children are allowed…

— Charlotte Mason

Was love then like a bag of assorted sweets passed around from which one might choose more than once? Some might sting…

— Annie Proulx

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad.

— Victor Hugo

Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably.

— Anonymous

Playing for Brazil is a huge pleasure. I think it's a huge pride.

— Fernandinho

The leisure of time is the pleasure of life

— Jimba Matthias

“Any innocent pleasure is a real good: there are not so many of them.”

— Patrick O'Brian

Don't trade future blessings for temporary pleasures.

— Don Davis

Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

— Samuel Johnson

The Puritan sours his pleasures by disguising them as duties.

— Mason Cooley