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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a read more
Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a hook.
[Lat., Divine Plato escam malorum appeliat voluptatem, quod ea
videlicet homines capiantur, ut pisces hamo.]
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.]
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to
the true.
[Lat., Ficta voluptatis causa read more
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to
the true.
[Lat., Ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris.]
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.