Pleasure Quote by Sophocles

Man is not free to refuse to do the thing which gives him more pleasure than any other conceivable action.

— Stendhal

The principles of pleasure are not firm and stable. They are different in all mankind, and variable in every particular with such a diversity…

— Blaise Pascal

Pleasure is not the purpose of man's existence. Joy is.

— David O. McKay

But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.

— Stephen King

There is no sensual pleasure in the world comparable to the delight and satisfaction that a good man takes in doing good.

— Alone Boy

Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves.

— Samuel Johnson

I believe that man was created to enjoy himself, indeed, that he can claim it as his legitimate right. In fact, as long as…

— Kafu Nagai

A man without pleasure is a man without any idea what life is about

— Michael Grant

It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.

— Agnes Repplier

Without pleasure man would live like a fool and soon die.

— Pierre Beaumarchais

The pleasure of life is according to the man that lives it, and not according to the work or place.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“[A man] finds in himself a talent which with the help of some culture might make him a useful man in many respects. But…

— Immanuel Kant