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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
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.
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
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.]