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Pleasure Quotes by Mark Twain
- Therein lies the defect of revenge: it's all in the anticipation; the thing itself is a pain, not a pleasure; at least the pain is…
- The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.
- There is probably no pleasure equal to the pleasure of climbing a dangerous Alp; but it is a pleasure which is confined strictly to people…
- The true charm of pedestrianism does not lie in the walking, or in the scenery, but in the talking. The walking is good to time…
- To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else -- these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame…
- Intellectual ''work'' is misnamed; it is a pleasure, a dissipation, and is its own highest reward.
- Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing…
- To do something, say something, see something, before anybody else - these are things that confer a pleasure compared with which other pleasures are tame…
- I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.
More Pleasure Quotes
- The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. — Aristotle
- Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. — Aristotle
- Temperance is a mean with regard to pleasures. — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- People must feel that the natural world is important and valuable and beautiful and wonderful and an amazement and a pleasure. — David Attenborough
- Vampires get the joy of flying around and living forever, werewolves get the joy of animal spirits. But zombies, they're not rich,… — Margaret Atwood
- We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and… — Saint Augustine
- The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. — Jane Austen
- Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable. — Jane Austen
- One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. — Jane Austen
- A beginner must look on himself as one setting out to make a garden for his Lord's pleasure, on most unfruitful soil… — Teresa of Avila
- To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure. — Honore de Balzac