Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Plato
If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
FranÃois de la Rochefoucauld
Happiness is not pleasure, it is victory.
Zig Ziglar
Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.
Voltaire
Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains
Democritus
The greatest and noblest pleasure which men can have in this world is to discover new truths; and the next is to shake off old prejudices.
Frederick The Great
No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
Mary Worley Montagu
Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible
William Feather
Pleasure must succeed to pleasure, else past pleasure turns to pain
Robert Browning
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident
Charles Lamb
Pleasure is none, if not diversified.
John Donne
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
Samuel Johnson
Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure.
Roland Barthes
No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.
Horace
Novelty is the great parent of pleasure
Robert South