Consequence Quote by Anonymous

Pleasure that is obtained by unreasonable and unsuitable cost must always end in pain.

— Samuel Johnson

It is often a mistake to combine two pleasures, because pleasures, like pains, can act as counter-irri-tants to each other.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Pleasures remain. So does the pain

— Depeche Mode

The excess of pleasure is pain

— Almeida Garrett

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.

— Aristotle

In this world, all pleasures are sources of pain.

— Radhanath Swami

The desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

— Anonymous

“Two types of avoidance cause problems for people: avoiding pleasure and avoiding pain.”

— Todd Kashdan

Few pleasures there are indeed without an aftertouch of pain, but that is the preservation which keeps them sweet.

— Helen Keller

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

— Samuel Johnson

Pleasures are ever in our hands or eyes; And when in act they cease, in prospect rise.

— Alexander Pope

Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments.

— Philibert Joseph Roux