Anticipation makes the pleasure.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it read more

The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.