Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. – William Henley
Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. – Thomas Carlyle
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins. – Lionel Tiger
I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. – Rebecca West
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. – Cicero
Pleasure and discipline need to stay close friends. – Terri Guillemets
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
Pleasure is the bait of sin. – Plato
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. – Jane Austen
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. – Publilius Syrus
Hark ye of little pleasure! See your way clearly as your destiny reveals its truth! Seek not completion lest your touch be forever dismissed! – My wordfriend, the always conversationally frisky Tim Irwin, 2014
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. – William Burroughs
When will pleasure crash with regret? – Terri Guillemets
Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden. – Chinese Proverb
Short lived pleasure is the parent of pain. – Proverb
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. – Proverb
To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement. – Joseph Addison
The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. – Joseph Addison
