In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
I am persuaded ... that both man and woman bear pain or sorrow, (and, for aught I know, pleasure too) best in… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
God's pleasure with me is grounded in the accomplishment of Christ, not my own accomplishment. — R. C. Sproul, Jr Copy Share Image
I love to write and I assure you I write regularly... But I write for myself, for my own pleasure. And I… — J. D. Salinger Copy Share Image
The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
“But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well,” — Anton Chekhov Copy Share Image
The plant kingdom covers the entire earth, offering our senses great pleasure and the delights of summer. — Carl Linnaeus Copy Share Image
Wine is not just an object of pleasure, but an object of knowledge; and the pleasure depends on the knowledge. — Roger Scruton Copy Share Image
There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Conversation augments pleasure and diminishes pain by our having shares in either; for silent woes are greatest, as silent satisfaction leas; since… — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
“Pleasure is a difficult taskmaster, ' Trenton observed thoughtfully, 'and one that people do not mind submitting to. Most don't even realize… — Erika Mathews Copy Share Image
The word 'art' is very slippery. It really has no importance in relation to one's work. I work for the pleasure, for… — Manuel Alvarez Bravo Copy Share Image
I write because it gives me the greatest possible artistic pleasure to write. If my work pleases the few I am gratified.… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure,… — Edward Wilmot Blyden Copy Share Image
We are not peddlers of the fashionable. We believe that good design defies fashion, is truly innovative, eminently sensible, yet a source… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
Natural selection has duped us with an emotion that encourages group thinking. It is an emotion that makes us act as if… — Mark Pagel Copy Share Image
If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give… — Tryon Edwards Copy Share Image
“What's more, I was free to do anything that did not hurt others that strengthened me and helped me in the one… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Only part of us is sane: only part of us loves pleasure and the longer day of happiness, wants to live to… — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Our modern world-view tragically misperceives and wrongly defines what it is to be human. We are conditioned by our society to believe… — Jacob Needleman Copy Share Image
It is important to distinguish between sense-pleasure and sense-desire. There is nothing wrong with sense-pleasure. Pleasure and pain are part of our… — Dipa Ma Copy Share Image
The things that brought me the most comfort now were too small to list. Raspberries in cream. Sparrows with cocked heads. Shadows… — Elizabeth Berg Copy Share Image
Let the painter composing narrative pictures take pleasure in wealth and variety, and avoid repeating any part that occurs in it, so… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Travel releases spontaneity. You become a godlike creature full or choice, free to visit the stately pleasure domes, make love in the… — Frances Mayes Copy Share Image
THE SUFFERING OF GENIUS AND ITS VALUE. The artistic genius desires to give pleasure, but if his mind is on a very… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“We learn from our pain. But we are rewarded with pleasure." -Ash” — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
