Disappoint Quote by Charlotte Bronte

Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition.

— Epictetus

“Now we come to the crux of my philosophy: if the taking of pleasure is enhanced by the criminal character of the circumstances --…

— Marquis de Sade

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Would you who judge of the lawfulness or unlawfulness of pleasure, take this rule; whatever weakens your reason, impairs the tenderness of your conscience,…

— Robert Southey

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Pleasure is a revolutionary act in the face of pain.

— Kevin Young

It is one of history's greatest ironies that, over the centuries, the pursuit of pleasure has resulted in more pain than enjoyment.

— Mardy Grothe

Pleasure that is its own pursuit is always bad pleasure.

— C. S. Lewis

Pleasure, so called, is the murderer of serious thought. This is the age of excessive amusement. Everybody craves for it, like a babe for…

— Charles Spurgeon

Spoilt pleasure is a sad, unseemly thing; you can only bury it.

— Elizabeth Bowen

Pleasure can be used to enslave a people just as effectively as pain.

— Marianne Williamson

When the act of pursuit is complete, pleasure shows it's untamed power.

— Denise Clark