Enough Quote by Freya Stark

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

Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.

— Quintilian

It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.

— Moliere

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall…

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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

— Anonymous

Few people want the pleasures they are free to take.

— Ovid

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

— Benjamin Franklin

During the course of our life we now and then enjoy some pleasures so inviting, and have some encounters of so tender a nature,…

— Jean de la Bruyere

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

— C. S. Lewis

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

— Tibor Fischer

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

— Dayananda Saraswati

All pleasures must be paid for, do not despise those that state their price.

— Amin Maalouf