Found Quote by Samuel Johnson

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

— Samuel Johnson

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. The flowers which scatter…

— Samuel Johnson

Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

— Samuel Johnson

The pleasure which we most rarely experience gives us greatest delight.

— Epictetus

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

— Epictetus

The momentary thrill of getting rarely equals the lasting joy of giving.

— William Arthur Ward

Pleasure of every kind quickly satisfies.

— Edmund Burke

There is a plain distinction to be made betwixt pleasure and happiness. For tho' there can be no happiness without pleasure--yet the converse of…

— Laurence Sterne

You seldom come across anything more enjoyable than a happy person.

— Frank A. Clark

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

— Anonymous

Pleasure has ever more been represented by poets and by painters as clothed in perpetual smiles and adorned with the richest jewels; and in…

— John Tyler

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