May Quote by Lord Byron

“Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist then Pleasure.”

— George Gordon Byron

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

— Lord Byron

Morality can muddle mystical understanding and virtue is only necessary in so far as it favours success. All wisdom must be encompassed in order…

— Aleister Crowley

It would be necessary that they should be already sages to love wisdom...

— Friedrich Schiller

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he…

— Anonymous

In ethics, there is a humility; moralists are usually righteous.

— John Berger

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

— Henry Fielding

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.

— Epictetus

Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To…

— Buddha

...only the pleasure which proceeds from a rational value judgement can be regarded as moral, pleasure, as such, is not a guide to action…

— Ayn Rand

Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent.

— Hunter S. Thompson

We assume therefore that moral virtue is the quality of acting in the best way in relation to pleasures and pains, and that vice…

— Aristotle