There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.
We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.
The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.
To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.
Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent.
Pleasure is nothing else but the intermission of pain.