No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
He [the miser] falls down and worships the god of this world, but will have neither its pomps, its vanities nor its… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Slow Food unites the pleasure of food with responsibility, sustainability and harmony with nature. — Carlo Petrini Copy Share Image
I dont crave companionship. It stands in my way. I live for pleasure. There are few persons who can give me as… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
May you look back on the past with as much pleasure as you look forward to the future. — Paul Dickson Copy Share Image
Anti-Americanism is as old as the Republic--a historical constant, which is only remotely related to specific American behavior. So what is new?… — Josef Joffe Copy Share Image
The heart is refined, spiritual, and heavenly by nature - guard it; do not overburden it, do not make it earthly, be… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
It has been said that in the New Testament doctrine is grace; and ethics is gratitude; and something is wrong with any… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
I like to stay hydrated with water throughout the day and snack on apples, but my guilty pleasure would definitely be a… — Janel Parrish Copy Share Image
You will have a completely pleasant tomorrow if you accomplish your today work today — Sayed Habib Wardak Copy Share Image
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. — Livy Copy Share Image
I have never yet met anyone who did not think it was an agreeable sensation to cut tinfoil with scissors. — Georg C. Lichtenberg Copy Share Image
The sea of pleasures may drown its owner and the swimmer fears to open his eyes under the water. — Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya Copy Share Image
The beauty to which the Dance ought to aspire is not dependent upon taste or pleasure, but is founded on the immutable… — August Bournonville Copy Share Image
True happiness comes from gaining insight and growing into your best possible self. Otherwise all you're having is immediate gratification pleasure, which… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Take up something that you know will never bring you any returns except pleasure-in other words, allow yourself to live the way… — Perry Brass Copy Share Image
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
I remember when my mother taught me about my menstrual cycle and pregnancy. She, like millions of other mothers before and since,… — Christiane Northrup Copy Share Image
[Final diary entry:] Occupation is essential. And now with some pleasure I find that it's seven; and must cook dinner. Haddock and… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
One of my passions is that children enjoy their time at school - and reading for pleasure can be an important part… — Charles Clarke Copy Share Image