Agony Quote by Arthur Schopenhauer

“One simple test of the claim that the pleasure in the world outweighs the pain…is to compare the feelings of an animal that is…

— Schopenhauer Arthur

Pleasure is never as pleasant as we expected it to be and pain is always more painful. The pain in the world always outweighs…

— Anonymous

The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery. Happiness is never better exhibited than by young animals, such as…

— Charles Darwin

There is no fundamental difference between man and animals in their ability to feel pleasure and pain, happiness, and misery.

— Charles Darwin

Our economic order is tightly woven around the exploitation of animals, and while it may seem easy to dismiss concern about animals as the…

— Bob Torres

The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so.…

— Aristotle

For all the happiness mankind can gain Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain.

— John Dryden

There is no greater pleasure than having a dog. And that's a scientific fact!

— Louis Sabin

We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain.

— Saint Augustine

In spite of what moralists say, the, animals are scarcely less wicked or less unhappy than we are ourselves. The arrogance of the strong,…

— Georges Cuvier

If there is no enjoyment in this world, there would not be so much suffering. As suffering really is the frustration of our attempts…

— Radhanath Swami

“Pleasure is a reward, given to the human system by evolution in return for services rendered to the preservation and increase of the species.”

— Clive Barker