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.

Music and women I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is. Samuel Pepys
Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions. Aristotle
Neither is the pleasure the good nor is all pleasure desirable; some pleasures are desirable in themselves, differing in kind or in their sources from others. Aristotle
The pleasure arising from thinking and learning will make us think and learn all the more. Aristotle
Pleasure is the only thing one should live for. Nothing ages like happiness. Oscar Wilde
Pleasure is the only thing worth having a theory about. But I am afraid I cannot claim my theory as my own. It belongs to Nature, not to me. Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. Oscar Wilde
I want my pleasure unbitted by any drop of pain. Oscar Wilde
To realize oneself through pleasure is finer than to do so through pain. Oscar Wilde
The more worldly pleasure we enjoy, the less satisfied and contented we are with life. Billy Graham
We have at our fingertips every pleasure that man is capable of enjoying, and man has abused every gift God ever gave him. Billy Graham
When something brings profit or pleasure to us, we are inclined to call evil good, even if we know it is dead wrong. Billy Graham
Pleasure is due only when all duty's done. Pollock
Pleasure once tasted satisfies less than the desire experienced for its torments. Joseph Roux
People seek but one thing in life— their pleasure. W. Somerset Maughan
Few people want the pleasures they are free to take. Ovid
Choose such pleasures as recreating much and cost little. Thomas Fuller
To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them. Charles Buston
Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They're different breeds of dogs. Josh Billings
Most people pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. Soren Kierkegaard