Daring Quote by Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle

Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet.

— William Wordsworth

We get such a kick out of looking forward to pleasures and rushing ahead to meet them that we can’t slow down enough to…

— Alan Watts

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

— Alexander Pope

One way of getting an idea of our fellow-countrymen's miseries is to go and look at their pleasures.

— George Eliot

Pleasures seem solid in their pursuit; but are mere clouds in the enjoyment.

— Thomas Brooks

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

— Anonymous

Pleasures of worse natures Are gladly entertained, and they that shun us Practice in private sports the stews would blush at.

— Philip Massinger

To really enjoy pleasures, you must know how to leave them.

— Voltaire

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word… Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's so

— Billy Collins

I sometimes wander whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.

— C S Lewis

Consider pleasures as they depart, not as they come.

— Aristotle

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word… Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's source.

— Billy Collins