pleasure Quotes

“Men seek but one thing in life—their pleasure.”

― W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage

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“These flow'rs are like the pleasures of the world; this bloody man, the care on't.”

― William Shakespeare, Cymbeline

topic:world pleasure

“You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming...”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

“It's never the wrong time to call on Toad. Early or late he's always the same fellow. Always good-tempered, always glad to see you, always sorry when you go!”

― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

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

― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

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“No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures”

― Albert Camus, The Fall

“The pleasure of remembering had been taken from me, because there was no longer anyone to remember with.”

― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

“People go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.”

― Thomas Hardy, Jude the Obscure

topic:marriage pleasure

“There is only one thing I should like better; and that would be to see the Philosopher making the same sort of meal himself, with the same relish.”

― Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist

“Sometimes it is harder to deprive oneself of a pain than of a pleasure”

― F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender Is the Night

topic:pain pleasure

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