Pleasure Quotes

4661 Pleasure quotes by 2495 unique authors

I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say… — Lord Byron
Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure. — Lord Byron
A real pleasure is a pleasure that one enjoys by one's self, without a companion, and without a single argument. — Sholom Aleichem
To go to the synagogue with one's father on the Passover eve - is there in the world a greater pleasure than that? What is… — Sholom Aleichem
In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. — Italo Calvino
I have never been able to renounce the light, the pleasure of being, and the freedom in which I grew up. — Albert Camus
Adults find pleasure in deceiving a child. They consider it necessary, but they also enjoy it. The children very quickly figure it out and then… — Elias Canetti
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make. — Truman Capote
The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. — Dale Carnegie
There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win. — Muhammad Ali
Real love is the love that sometimes arises after sensual pleasure: if it does, it is immortal; the other kind inevitably goes stale, for it… — Giacomo Casanova
By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles… — Giacomo Casanova
It's always a pleasure on a personal note for me to come back to Australia. — Nick Cave
We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made… — William Ellery Channing
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. — Lord Chesterfield
The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing. — Lord Chesterfield
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases… — Lord Chesterfield
The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. — Lee Child
You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle… — Lydia M. Child
My former bullies pay extra to come backstage and meet me after shows, and I pretend not to know them in front of their friends.… — Margaret Cho
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. — Madonna Ciccone
We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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