He was dreadfully short-sighted, and there was no pleasure in taking a husband who never sees anything.
I have never searched for happiness. Who wants happiness? I have searched for pleasure.
Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about.
In every pleasure, cruelty has its place.
Oh! Anything becomes a pleasure if one does it too often.
A passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.
I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.
We do not know what love is. We know the symptoms of it, the pleasure, the pain, the fear, the anxiety and so on. We try to solve the symptoms, which becomes a wandering in darkness. We spend our days and nights in this, and it is soon over in death.
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear.
In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
I'd rather be mad than feel pleasure.
Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.
Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.
I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.