We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.
Anything that has a relationship with pleasure, we reject it. Eating, they talk about cholesterol; making love, they talk about AIDS; you talk about smoking, they talk about cancer. It's a very sick society that rejects pleasure.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always.
We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys.
Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.