Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind read more

Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

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.

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

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

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There read more

There is a pleasure in the pathless woods,
There is a rapture on the lonely shore,
There is society where none intrudes
By the deep Sea, and music in its roar.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase