The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived. Oscar Wilde
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.
Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about. Yiddish proverb
Bygone troubles are a pleasure to talk about.
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. William S. Burroughs
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. Germaine Greer
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.
I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has regular features. Henry David Thoreau
I derive no pleasure from talking with a young woman simply because she has regular features.
You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books. Voltaire
You despise books; you whose lives are absorbed in the vanities of ambition, the pursuit of pleasure or indolence; but remember that all the known world, excepting only savage nations, is governed by books.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. Marie Henri Beyle (stendhal)
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business. Raymond Hitchcock
Pleasure is sweeter as recreation than as a business.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . . Socrates
When desire, having rejected reason and overpowered judgment which leads to right, is set in the direction of the pleasure which beauty can inspire . . .
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens. Thomas Jefferson
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. William Shakespeare
No profit grows where is no pleasure ta'en; In brief, sir, study what you most affect.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short. William Shakespeare
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure. Horace Mann
He wins every hand who mingles profit with pleasure.
She is the least benightedly unintelligent organic lifeform it has ever been my distinct lack of pleasure not to have been able to avoid meeting. Douglas Adams
She is the least benightedly unintelligent organic lifeform it has ever been my distinct lack of pleasure not to have been able to avoid meeting.
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. Epicurus
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily.
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. Lord Chesterfield
Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.
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
It is in his pleasure that a man really lives; it is from his leisure that he constructs the true fabric of self.
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take. Peter McWilliams
Many people weigh the guilt they will feel against the pleasure of the forbidden action they want to take.
A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered. C. S. Lewis
A pleasure is not full grown until it is remembered.
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