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

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

Eat with pleasure; drink with measure.~ French Proverb

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

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

Illusion is the first of all pleasures.~ Oscar Wilde

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nights of pleasure are short.~ Lebanese Proverb

No pleasure without pain.~ Traditional Proverb

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

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 pleasure, a thousand pains.~ French Proverb

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

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. ~William Burroughs

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

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.~ Stendhal

Pleasure is the bait of sin. ~Plato

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

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.~ Plato

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

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

Pleasures steal away the mind.~ Dutch Proverb

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

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

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

The greatest pleasure of life is love.~ Euripides

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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