Quotes on pleasure
Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain.
Henley, William
I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value.
West, Rebecca
We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure.
Harris, Sydney J.
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Kierkegaard, Soren
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety.
Syrus, Publilius
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
Ovid
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.
Greer, Germaine
When will pleasure crash with regret?
Teague, Jareb