Describing Quote by Stendhal

Pleasure is like a cordial - a little of it is not injurious, but too much destroys.

— Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington

Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.

— John Selden

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word… Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's so

— Billy Collins

Pleasure represents a great good but also a grave danger.

— Philip Yancey

Pleasure is just a shadow of joy. When there is no joy in you, you become a pleasure seeker.

— Jaggi Vasudev

...pleasure, of course, is a slippery word… Our pleasures ultimately belong to us, not to the pleasure's source.

— Billy Collins

The excess of pleasure is pain

— Almeida Garrett

Pleasure, like a kind of bait, is thrown before everything which is really bad, and easily allures greedy souls to the hook of perdition.

— Epictetus

Pleasure that is its own pursuit is always bad pleasure.

— C. S. Lewis

'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

— Meg Wolitzer

The surest way of spoiling a pleasure [is] to start examining your satisfaction.

— C. S. Lewis

Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.

— Epicurus