Pleasure Quotes - Page 15
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
"Declamationes". Book by Quintilian,
Oscar Wilde (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Oscar Wilde (Illustrated)”, p.888, Delphi Classics
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.
Oliver Goldsmith (1858). “The Vicar of Wakefield ... Nach Walter Scott's verbessertem Texte durchgängig accentuirt. Nebst ... Noten und einem vollständigen Wörterbuche ... Bearbeitet von Christian Heinrich Plessner ... Fünfte Auflage”, p.201
Pain and pleasure occur in consciousness and exist only there
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”
Laurie A Helgoe (2013). “Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength”, p.139, Sourcebooks, Inc.
Juvenal (1871). “The satires of Juvenal, Persius, Sulpicia, and Lucilius ...”, p.155
I give so much pleasure to so many people. Why can I not get some pleasure for myself?
"The New Penguin Dictionary of Modern Quotations". Book by Robert Andrews, p. 144, 2003.
"The Art of Poetry". Poem by Horace, Line 343, c. 18 BC.
Your greatest pleasure is that which rebounds from hearts that you have made glad.
Henry Ward Beecher, William Drysdale (1887). “Proverbs from Plymouth Pulpit”
If anybody ever marries you, it will be for the pleasure of hearing you talk piffle
Dorothy L. Sayers (2012). “Strong Poison”, p.147, Open Road Media