Pleasure Quotes - Page 17
Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
Plato (2016). “The Republic”, p.390, Xist Publishing
We have not an hour of life in which our pleasures relish not some pain, our sours, some sweetness.
Philip Massinger (1817). “Beauties of Massinger”, p.262
Ovid (1879). “Ovid”
Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.
"The Works of Michael de Montaigne: Comprising His Essays, Letters, and Journey Through Germany and Italy".
Margaret Mitchell (2016). “Gone with the Wind”, p.152, Hamilton Books
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
"History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book V, section 4,
'Table Talk' (1689) 'Pleasure'
English Proverbs
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
John Heywood (1562). “The Proverbs, Epigrams, and Miscellanies of John Heywood ...”, p.32