~ We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure. ~
~ Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. ~
~ There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. ~
~ In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ~
~ Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~
~ We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure. ~
~ Pleasure is the bait of sin. ~
~ No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. ~
~ The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. ~
~ I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. ~
~ For let me tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation ~
~ It gives me great pleasure indeed to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed ~