Book Quote by William Hazlitt

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

The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.

— Aristippus

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

— Oscar Wilde

The art of living has no history: it does not evolve: the pleasure which vanishes vanishes for good, there is no substitute for it.…

— Roland Barthes

As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for…

— Compay Segundo

False pleasures come from without and are imperfect: happiness is internal and our own.

— John Lubbock

We can’t turn life into a pleasure. But we can choose such pleasures as are worthy of us and our immortal souls.

— Anonymous

Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.

— Anonymous

The three best pleasures in life are Scratching, Sneezing and eating Chocolate. Happy Chocolate Day Friends! :)

— Anonymous

The pleasures that we seek are not happiness at its peak, for it is contentment that gives true fulfillment.

— Anonymous

What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?

— Novalis

If the pleasures we seek are not permanent, then how important are they?

— Colin Beavan