best quotations about
Pleasures |
and Indulgence
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Quotations
 | Pleasure is found first in anticipation, later in memory. — Gustave Flaubert, 1821-1880, French writer 7 likes |
 | To torture a man you have to know his pleasures. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, 1906-1966, Polish author of maxims 6 likes |
 | Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 6 likes |
 | All the great pleasures of life are silent. — Georges Clemenceau, 1841-1929, French Prime Minister 5 likes |
 | It is only by way of pain one arrives at pleasure. — Marquis de Sade, 1740-1814, French writer 5 likes |
 | The devil himself is good when he is pleased. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 4 likes |
 | When our vices leave us, we like to imagine it is we who are leaving them. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 4 likes |
 | That man is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest. — Henry David Thoreau, 1817-1862, American writer 4 likes |
 | Pleasure is the first good. It is the beginning of every choice and every aversion. It is the absence of pain in the body and of troubles in the soul. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 4 likes |
 | The poor have the same basic pleasures as the rich, and the rich will always resent it. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 3 likes |
 | He who does not give himself leisure to be thirsty cannot take pleasure in drinking. — Michel de Montaigne, 1533-1592, French thinker 3 likes |
 | The good times of today are the sad thoughts of tomorrow. — Bob Marley, 1945-1981, Jamaican singer 3 likes |
 | Take and give pleasures without harming yourself or others. That, I think, is the whole meaning of morality. — Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer 3 likes |
 | My Pleasure is my business. — Xaviera Hollander, 1943-, Dutch call girl & author 3 likes |
| No pleasure is itself a bad thing, but the things that produce some kinds of pleasure, bring along with them unpleasantness that is much greater than the pleasure itself. — Epicurus, 341-270 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
 | Give me books, French wine, fruit, fine weather and a little music played out of doors by somebody I do not know. — John Keats, 1795-1821, English poet 2 likes |
 | I am a disciple of the philosopher Dionysus, I would rather be a satyr than a saint. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 2 likes |
 | Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. — Lord Chesterfield, 1694-1773, English statesman & writer 2 likes |
| What often prevents us from abandoning ourselves to one vice is that we have several. — La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680, French writer 2 likes |
 | Good times are always mutual; that is what makes good times. — Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886, American poet 2 likes |
 | A walk on the wild side. — Nelson Algren, 1909-1981, American writer (title of novel, 1956) 2 likes |
| The Passions are like Fire and Water: good Servants, but bad Masters. — Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734, English physician and adage collector 2 likes |
 | I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again. — Francis Scott Fitzgerald, 1896-1940, American writer 1 likes |
 | Pleasure is often destroyed when we try to describe it. — Stendhal, 1783-1842, French writer 1 likes |
 | In love, as in gluttony, pleasure is a matter of the utmost precision. |
 | Fun is like life insurance; the older you get, the more it costs. |
 | When a person can't find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasures. |
| Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air. |
 | In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. |
 | I am what I am because early in life I decided that I would please at least myself in all things. |
 | Life is a series of sensations connected to different states of consciousness. |
 | The most exquisite pleasure is giving pleasure to others. |
| Most men make use of the first part of their life to render the last part miserable. |
 | The pleasures that once were heaven look silly at sixty-seven. |
 | Pleasure is as candid as death. Pleasure and the great tragic taste the same, and it is good. |
 | Young people have many pleasures and many sorrows, because they only have themselves to think of, so every wish and every notion assume importance. |
| The man of power is ruined by power, the man of money by money, the submissive man by subservience, the pleasure seeker by pleasure. |
 | I have always been devoured by a terrible ambition: to please myself. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist |
 | What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion! |
 | The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. |
 | Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. |
| Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests upon truth. |
| Paris, a city of gaieties and pleasures, where four-fifths of the inhabitants die of grief. |
 | The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding. |
 | Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles. |
 | There is only one pleasure —that of being alive. All the rest is misery. |
Bible Quotes
 | If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” — Epistles of Paul ‐ 1 Corinthians 15:32 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Pleasure, a most mighty lure to evil. Ηδονήν, μέγιστον κακού δέλεαρ. — Plato, 427-347 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 25 likes |
 | Pleasures are transient, honors are immortal. Αι μεν ηδοναί φθαρταί, αι δε τιμαί αθάνατοι. — Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth 17 likes |
 | If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it. Ει εθέλοι κατεσπουδάσθαι αιεί μηδέ ες παιγνίην το μέρος εωυτόν ανιέναι, λάθοι αν ήτοι μανείς ή ό γε απόπληκτος γενόμενος. — Herodotus, 480-420 BC, Ancient Greek historian, the “ father of History” 7 likes |
 | Untimely pleasures produce aversion. Ηδοναί άκαιροι τίκτουσιν αηδίας. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 7 likes |
| Pleasures are mortal while the virtues are immortal. Αι μεν ηδοναί θνηταί αι δε αρεταί αθάνατοι. — Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth 5 likes |
 | The enjoyment from a cheap pleasure is short. Βραχεία τέρψις ηδονής κακής. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Erechtheus 4 likes |
 | It is harder to fight against pleasure than against anger. Χαλεπώτερον ηδονῇ μάχεσθαι ή θυμῷ. — Heraclitus, 544-484 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 4 likes |
 | Avoid a pleasure which brings sorrow. Ηδονήν φεύγε, ήτις λύπην τίκτει. — Solon, 630-560 BC, Ancient Greek lawmaker & philosopher 4 likes |
 | The continent man is not he who avoids pleasure, but having tasted it, is not carried to excess. Κρατεί ηδονής ουχ’ ο απεχόμενος, αλλ’ ο χρώμενος μεν, μη προεκφερόμενος δε. — Aristippus, 435-355 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 4 likes |
 | The root of misfortune is pleasure seeking. Εξ ηδονής γαρ φύεται το δυστυχείν. — Menander, 4th cent. BC, Ancient Greek dramatist (New Comedy) 4 likes |
| Among the things that give pleasure, the rarest give the greatest joy when they happen. Των ηδέων τα σπανιώτατα γινόμενα μάλιστα τέρπει. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 3 likes |
| It is not possible to reach greatness by living a life of pleasure Ουκ έστιν όστις ηδέως ζητών βιούν εύκλειαν εισεκτήσατο. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Archelaus 3 likes |
 | I'd rather be mad than seek pleasure. Μανείην μάλλον ή ησθείην. — Antisthenes, 445-360 BC, Ancient Greek Cynic philosopher 3 likes |
| Do not seek every pleasure but choose the one which leads to something good. Ηδονήν ου πάσαν, αλλά την επί τω καλώ αιρείσθαι χρεών. — Democritus, 470-370 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 2 likes |
