Pleasure Quotes

Pleasure is the business of the young

Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. ~Jane Austen

When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. ~ American Proverbs

We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure. ~ Sydney J. Harris

Visits always give pleasure; if not the arrival, the departure. ~ Traditional Proverbs

True enjoyment comes from activity of the mind and exercise of the body; the two are ever united ~ Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt

To sin in secret is more pleasant than having pleasure in the open. ~ Iranian Proverbs

There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. ~ Ovid, Metamorphoses

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do. The fun is in having lots to do and not doing it. ~ Mary Little

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. ~ Bertrand Russell Quotes

There are two great pleasures in gambling: winning and losing. ~ French Proverbs

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business. ~ Aaron Burr

The pleasure of what we enjoy is lost by coveting more. ~ Traditional Proverbs

The pleasure of finding something is worth more than what you find. ~ Iranian Proverbs

The pleasure of doing good is the only one that will not wear out. ~ Chinese Proverbs

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. ~ Leonardo da Vinci Quotes

The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others. ~ Jean De La Bruyere

The greatest pleasure of life is love. ~ Euripides

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. ~ Aristotle

Take a young woman for the pleasure of possessing her until she is old. ~ Greek Proverbs

Some mathematician has said pleasure lies not in discovering truth, but in seeking it. ~ Leo Tolstoy Quotes

Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain. ~ Traditional Proverbs

Pleasures steal away the mind. ~ Dutch Proverbs

Pleasure that isn’t paid for is as insipid as everything else that’s free. ~ Anita Loos

Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime. ~ Jean Pierre Claris De Florian

Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures. ~ Voltaire Quotes

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ~ Plato

Pleasure is the flower that passes; remembrance, the lasting perfume. ~Jean de Boufflers

Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old. ~ Fulke Greville

Pleasure is the bait of sin. ~ Plato

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. ~ Stendhal

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. ~ Chinese Proverbs

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. ~ William Burroughs

People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures. ~ French Proverbs

One pleasure, a thousand pains. ~ French Proverbs

One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy – whether he knows it or not. ~ O. A. Battista

One good punch on your enemy’s nose, gives more pleasure than hearing well-meaning advice from your elders. ~ Tibetan Proverbs

No pleasure without pain. ~ Traditional Proverbs

Nights of pleasure are short. ~ Lebanese Proverbs

Most things in life are moments of pleasure and a lifetime of embarrassment; photography is a moment of embarrassment and a lifetime of pleasure. ~ Tony Benn

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~ Soren Kierkegaard

Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. ~William Henley

Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure. ~ Sir Arthur Helps

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. ~ Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation. ~ Jose Marti Perez

Life is like perpetual drunkenness, the pleasure passes but the headache remains. ~ Iranian Proverbs

Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified.~ Samuel Johnson Quotes

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. ~ French Proverbs

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. ~Honore de Balzac

Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ~ Oscar Wilde Quotes

If you are up to your knees in pleasure, then you are up to your waist in grief. ~ Indian Proverbs

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it? ~ Samuel Johnson

I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. ~ C.S. Lewis

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. ~ John D. Rockefeller

He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. ~ The Holy Bible

Forgiveness hides a pleasure that you can’t get back from revenge. ~ Iranian Proverbs

Eat with pleasure; drink with measure. ~ French Proverbs

Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly. ~ Pierre Bonnard

An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young ~ Oscar Wilde

An hour of pain is as long as a day of pleasure. ~ Traditional Proverbs

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. ~ Walter Bagehot

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