So few of the hours of life are filled up with objects adequate to the mind of man, and so frequently are we in want of present pleasure or employment, that we are forced to have recourse every moment to the past and future for supplemental satisfactions, and relieve the vacuities of our being by […]
Pleasure Quotes
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them, and they make us despair in losing them.
He goes on about the wailing and gnashing of teeth. It comes in one verse after another, and it is quite manifest to the reader that there is a certain pleasure in contemplating the wailing and gnashing of teeth, or else it would not occur so often.
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)
Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
