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QUOTES ON PLEASURE

Variety is the soul of pleasure.

APHRA BEHN, The Rover

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

JANE AUSTEN, Emma

The poor have very few hours in which to enjoy themselves; they must take their pleasure raw; they haven't the time to cook it.

WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS, Where There Is Nothing

But pleasures are like poppies spread--
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed;
Or like the snow falls in the river--
A moment white -- then melts for ever.

ROBERT BURNS, Tam o' Shanter

Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.

LORD BYRON, Don Juan

Why not seize pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!

JANE AUSTEN, Emma

Pleasure is Nature’s test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.

OSCAR WILDE, The Soul of Man Under Socialism

Passive pleasure is no pleasure at all.

ARTHUR ADAMOV, Ping Pong

Pleasure's a Moth, that sleeps by day
And dances by false glare at night;
But Joy's a Butterfly, that loves
To spread its wings in Nature's light.

WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES, Joy and Pleasure

Every nerve that can thrill with pleasure, can also agonize with pain.

HORACE MANN, A Few Thoughts for a Young Man

Pleasure is labour too, and tires as much.

WILLIAM COWPER, Hope


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