Christianity Quote by David Brainerd

Of pleasures, those which occur most rarely give the most delight.

— Epictetus

The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us…

— Madame de Lambert

What good does it do to have all the riches of the world and all the world's pleasures? They will all disappear in the…

— Rama Swami

Pleasures, riches, honor and joy are sure to have care, disgrace, adversity and affliction in their train. There is no pleasure without pain, no…

— Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

The best pleasures of this world are not quite true.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

— John Lubbock

The pleasures of this world are rather from God's goodness than our own merit.

— Benjamin Franklin

The pleasures that we seek are not happiness at its peak, for it is contentment that gives true fulfillment.

— Anonymous

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

Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

— Anonymous

When your toil has been a pleasure, you have not earned money merely, but money, health, delight, and moral profit, all in one.

— Robert Louis Stevenson

Innocent pleasures are got by virtue and well-earned wealth.

— Dayananda Saraswati