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The pleasure of despair. But then, it is in despair that we find the most acute pleasure, especially when we are aware of the…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

And the more I see Pleasures about me, so much more I feel Torment within me.

— John Milton

The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it.

— Margaret Drabble

There is only one pleasure-that of being alive. All the rest is misery.

— Cesare Pavese

Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth.

— Nicolas Chamfort

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

— Stendhal

Perhaps the rare and simple pleasure of being seen for what one is compensates for the misery of being it.

— Margaret Drabble

The pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in searching for it.

— Leo Tolstoy

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

— John Lubbock

There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.

— Max Eastman

You are locked into your suffering and your pleasures are the seal.

— Leonard Cohen

At the heart of our desires is eternal happiness without the slightest hint of misery. You could say that we are pleasure seekers; however,…

— Terry Cole-Whittaker