Chiefs Quote by Mary Wortley Montagu

The desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

— Anonymous

Indulge yourself in pleasures only in so far as they are necessary for the preservation of health.

— Baruch Spinoza

Most people lead lives of frustration and disapointment. They enjoy temporary pleasures and long-lasting suffering.

— Frederick Lenz

Pleasure must be found in study.

— Paul Cezanne

“Some pleasures are intrinsically ethical—feelings like love, gratitude, devotion, and compassion. To inhabit these states of mind is, by definition, to be brought into…

— Sam Harris

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

— C S Lewis

We relate all our afflictions more frequently than we do our pleasures.

— Fanny Burney

Simple pleasures are the last healthy refuge in a complex world.

— Oscar Wilde

Pleasures are like photographs: in the presence of the person we love, we take only negatives, which we develop later, at home, when we…

— Marcel Proust

Strange, the desire for certain pleasures is a part of my pain.

— Anonymous

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

— C. S. Lewis

Sigmund Freud already discovered that suffering gives us pleasure - in a strange masochistic way. The tyranny of choice exploits that weakness. Consumer culture…

— Renata Salecl