Most pleasures, like flowers, when gathered, die.
Pleasure Quotes
Put this restriction on your pleasures, be cautious that they injure no being that lives.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee; Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
He buys honey too dear that licks it from thorns.
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
Never forget that when we are dealing with any pleasure in its healthy and normal and satisfying form, we are, in a sense, on the Enemy’s ground. I know we have won many a soul through pleasure. All the same, it is His invention, not ours. He made the pleasures: all our research so far […]
No profit grows where no pleasure is taken; In brief, sir, study what you most affect. (The Taming of the Shrew)
No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.
Since few large pleasures are lent us on a long lease, it is wise to cultivate a large undergrowth of small pleasures.
Thou mak’st me merry: I am full of pleasure; let us be jocund. (The Tempest)
