--- title: "10 Secret Pleasure Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 10 Secret Pleasure quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Secret Pleasure sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/john-dryden-491_bribe_the-secret-pleasure-of-a-generous-act-is_762342.jpg" --- > [The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dryden/the-secret-pleasure-of-a-generous-act-is-the-great-mind-s-great-bribe/) [John Dryden](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dryden/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d46/john-dryden-491_bribe_the-secret-pleasure-of-a-generous-act-is_762342.jpg) > [There is more of fear than delight in a secret pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/publilius-syrus/there-is-more-of-fear-than-delight-in-a-secret-pleasure/) [Publilius Syrus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/publilius-syrus/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb0/publilius-syrus-594_delight_there-is-more-of-fear-than-delight-in-a_1285404.png) > [Contempt for others, like masturbation, is best as a secret pleasure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mason-cooley/contempt-for-others-like-masturbation-is-best-as-a-secret-pleasure/) [Mason Cooley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mason-cooley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/mason-cooley-92_contempt_contempt-for-others-like-masturbation-is_2077385.png) > [In secret pleasure — secret tears This changeful life has slipped away](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emily-bronte/in-secret-pleasure-secret-tears-this-changeful-life-has-slipped-away/) [Emily Bronte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emily-bronte/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/392/emily-bronte-574_life_in-secret-pleasure-secret-tears-this-cha_2830469.png) > [“I want my books to be the illicit secret pleasure each reader is anxiously anticipating to open and savor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melinda-de-ross/i-want-my-books-to-be-the-illicit-secret-pleasure-each-reader-is/) [Melinda De Ross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melinda-de-ross/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/melinda-de-ross-262082_books_i-want-my-books-to-be-the-illicit-secret_192272.jpg) > [We so love all new and unusual things that we even derive a secret pleasure from the saddest and most tragic events,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/madeleine-de-souvre-marquise-de-sable/we-so-love-all-new-and-unusual-things-that-we-even-derive-a-secret/) [Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/madeleine-de-souvre-marquise-de-sable/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c8/madeleine-de-souvre-marquise-d_events_we-so-love-all-new-and-unusual-things-th_1152340.jpg) > [I have found that whiskey is enjoyed as a refined secret pleasure in many cities - and it appears to be popular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-osborne/i-have-found-that-whiskey-is-enjoyed-as-a-refined-secret-pleasure-in/) [Lawrence Osborne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-osborne/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/833/lawrence-osborne-11920_asian_i-have-found-that-whiskey-is-enjoyed-as_1603496.jpg) > [The secret of pleasure in life, as distinct from its great triumphs of transcendent joy, is to live in a series of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sydney-thompson-dobell/the-secret-of-pleasure-in-life-as-distinct-from-its-great-triumphs-of/) [Sydney Thompson Dobell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sydney-thompson-dobell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/601/sydney-thompson-dobell-49829_condemnation_the-secret-of-pleasure-in-life-as-distin_2037976.png) > [It is a quite special secret pleasure how the people around us fail to realize what is really happening to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-hitler/it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-how-the-people-around-us-fail/) [Adolf Hitler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-hitler/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/adolf-hitler-253_failing_it-is-a-quite-special-secret-pleasure-ho_2856968.jpg) > [I always kind of end up in situations where I don't know too many people, and I'm not very social, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cera/i-always-kind-of-end-up-in-situations-where-i-don-t-know-too-many/) [Michael Cera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cera/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c5d/michael-cera-11156_feel_i-always-kind-of-end-up-in-situations-wh_24161.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/secret-pleasure/#itemlist", "name": "Secret Pleasure Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The secret pleasure of a generous act Is the great mind's great bribe.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Dryden" }, "url": 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