Pleasure Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old pleasure quotes, pleasure sayings, and pleasure proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within. Eckhart Tolle
Pleasures are all alike simply considered in themselves: he that hunts, or he that governs the commonwealth, they both please themselves alike, only we commend that, whereby we ourselves receive some benefit. John Selden
If pleasure is what you want, do not suppress the desire. Seek it intelligently. Huston Smith
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it. Andrew Jackson
There is a pleasure in the pathless woods. Lord Byron
That man is rich whose pleasures are the cheapest. Henry David Thoreau
Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. Thomas Jefferson
Pleasure that isn't paid for is as insipid as everything else that's free. Anita Loos
Pleasure and pain seem to have been accidentally cast in the same mold. Lewis F. Korns
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last. Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. Samuel Johnson
Pleasure is the business of the young, business the pleasure of the old. Fulke Greville
No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. Publilius Syrus
Do pleasant things yourself, but unpleasant things through others. Baltasar Gracian
Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. Aristotle
There are no pleasures in a fight but some of my fights have been a pleasure to win. Muhammad Ali
Pleasure may come from illusion, but happiness can come only of reality. Nicolas Chamfort
Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures. Voltaire
Variety is the soul of pleasure. Behn Aphra
The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them. Juvenal
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain. John Selden
A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives. Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth and to have it found out by accident. Charles Lamb
Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. G.K. Chesterton
Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure. Aldous Huxley
People must not do things for fun. We are not here for fun. There is no reference to fun in any Act of Parliament. A.P. Herbert
Let us have wine and women, mirth and laughter. Sermons and soda-water the day after. Lord Byron
Everyone is dragged on by their favorite pleasure. Virgil
I shouldn't be surprised if the greatest rule of all weren't to give pleasure. Moliere