Pleasure Quotes - Page 5

• Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power.

  Bertrand Russell

  Political, Next, Acquisition

  'Sceptical Essays' (1928) 'Recrudescence of Puritanism'

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• Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.

  Christian Nestell Bovee

  Happiness, Happy, Joy

  Christian Nestell Bovee (1862). “Intuitions and Summaries of Thought”, p.87

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• Animation offers a medium of story telling and visual entertainment which can bring pleasure and information to people of all ages everywhere in the world.

  Walt Disney

  Disney Animation, People, Age

  "COSI exhibit explores world of cartoons". The Review, August 2, 2007.

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• I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

  Emily Bronte

  Country, Men, Solitude

  Charlotte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Anne Bronte (2009). “The Bronte Sisters: Three Novels: Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.387, Penguin

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• Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Health, Men, Fruition

  Benjamin Disraeli (1844). “Coningsby: Or, The New Generation”, p.96, London : H. Colburn

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• Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

  B. C. Forbes

  Positive, Dessert First, Meat

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• Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

  Lord Byron

  Wisdom, Intelligence, Sage

  Lord Byron (2013). “Don Juan”, p.103, Simon and Schuster

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• Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure.

  Aldous Huxley

  Speed, Modern, Seems

  Aldous Huxley (2000). “Complete Essays: 1930-1935”, Ivan R Dee

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• Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Witty, Sex, Ridiculous

  Attributed in W. Somerset Maugham, Christmas Holiday (1939)

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• The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing.

  Lord Chesterfield

  Reading, Cows, Grazing

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• A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love, a resting place for innocence on earth, a link between angels and men.

  Martin Farquhar Tupper

  Baby, Peace, Spring

  Martin Farquhar Tupper (1839). “Proverbial philosophy: a book of thoughts and arguments”, p.272

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• All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

  Evelyn Waugh

  Sex, Sleep, Together

  Vile Bodies (1930) ch. 6

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• The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.

  Martin Luther

  God, Pride, World

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• It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

  Niccolo Machiavelli

  Philosophical, Deceit, Literature

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• Come, come, leave business to idlers, and wisdom to fools: they have need of 'em: wit be my faculty, and pleasure my occupation, and let father Time shake his glass.

  William Congreve

  Father, Glasses, Idlers

  William Congreve (1753). “The Works of Mr William Congreve...”, p.4

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• As I have practiced it, photography produces pleasure by simplicity. I see something special and show it to the camera. A picture is produced. The moment is held until someone sees it. Then it is theirs.

  Sam Abell

  Photography, Simplicity, Special

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• Passion is all but soft, it's not tender, it's violence to which you get hooked by pleasure.

  Isabelle Adjani

  Passion, Violence, Hooked

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• Every single pleasure I can imagine or have experienced is more delightful, more of a pleasure, if you take it in small sips, if you take your time. Reading is not an exception.

  Amos Oz

  Reading, Imagine, Take Your Time

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• The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

  Benjamin Disraeli

  Lying, Moderation, Rings

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• As soon as beauty is sought not from religion and love, but for pleasure, it degrades the seeker.

  Annie Dillard

  Love, Beauty, Religion

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• The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as much satisfaction.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Book, Inspiration, Interesting

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Pleasure of love lasts but a moment, Pain of love lasts a lifetime.

  Bette Davis

  Love, Missing You, Breakup

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• A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

  Walter Bagehot

  Inspirational, Funny, Life

  Walter Bagehot (1858). “Estimates of Some Englishmen and Scotchmen”, p.272

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• I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Life, Happiness, Thinking

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.20, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

  John D. Rockefeller

  Life, Success, Business

  John D. Rockefeller (2015). “John D. Rockefeller on Making Money: Advice and Words of Wisdom on Building and Sharing Wealth”, p.19, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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