The mechanics of utility and self-interest… to satisfy our wants to the utmost with the least effort – to procure the greatest amount of what is desirable at the expense of the least desirable – in other words, to maximize pleasure, is the problem of economics.
Pleasure Quotes
The desires of the senses call you to roam abroad, but when their hour is spent, what do you bring back but a burdened conscience and a distracted heart? A cheerful going out often brings a sad home-coming, and a merry evening brings a sorry morning. For every bodily pleasure brings joy at first, but […]
The test of an enjoyment is the remembrance which it leaves behind.
A man is born to hereditary rank; or his being appointed to certain offices, gives him a certain rank. Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.
It is strange how many things will happen to intercept every pleasure, though it be only that of two friends meeting together.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do something by stealth and have it found out by accident.
Pleasure that comes unlooked for is thrice welcome.
When a man says he had pleasure with a woman he does not mean conversation.
