(1167 quotes found)
“The aim of the liar is simply to charm, to delight, to give pleasure. He is the very basis of civilized society.”
Oscar Wilde
“God whispers in our pleasures, but shouts in our pain.”
C.S. Lewis
“LIFE is a mosaic of pleasure and pain - grief is an interval between two moments of joy. Peace is the interlude between two wars. You have no rose without a thorn; the diligent picker will avoid the pricks and gather the flower. There is no bee without the sting; cleverness consists in gathering the honey nevertheless.”
Sri Sathya Sai Baba
“It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.”
Marge Piercy
“Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality.”
Chamfort
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”
“A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?”
“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.”
Jane Austen
“The highest pleasure to be got out of freedom, and having nothing to do, is labor”
Mark Twain
