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Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.
Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure
my business.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure
my business.
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life read more
In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into
immorality.
[Lat., Ludendi etiam est quidam modus retinendus, ut ne nimis
omnia profundamus, elatique voluptate in aliquam turpitudinem
delabamur.]
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.