1,170 Quotes About Pleasure

The world lures people with its temptations and attractions, masking them with a cover of pleasure

Power is like prostitution and it could have pleasure for a while but it has to go to another man

Hard work pays, but not all the time! Hard work without a good sense of purpose, due diligence and a true direction and vision only leads to the ditch. Life is a battle and only those who fight well, by working hard with a good sense of purpose and direction, win! Work hard with diligence and find a good time for pleasure, for pleasure is a treasure!

Books were a dependable pleasure. I read more then than I ever was able to read again until now when I am too old to work much and am mostly alone.

For convenience sake, we deny the truth and look past it. Instant pleasure transforms quietly into immense pain.

A vine bears three grapes, the first of pleasure, the second of drunkenness, and the third of repentance.

Reading is important. It’s not primarily escapism (though it can be, and there’s nothing wrong with some of that in good measure) and it’s not primarily a way of passing the time. Reading is important to the good life because it stokes the furnaces of our intellect, allows us to expand our understanding of the universe, both inner and outer, for practical gain and simple pleasure. It can induce awe, inspire respect, excite, piss off, and intrigue. These are things that make life worth living.

Thankfully, the nature of pain reminds us of what the ease of pleasure foolishly allows us to forget.

It is impossible to convince the fool that there are pleasures superior to those we share with the rest of the animals.