Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is a charm about the forbidden that makes it unspeakably desirable.
It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found.
Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end.
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy.
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
It is love rather than sexual lust or unbridled sexuality if, in addition to the need or want involved, there is also some impulse to give pleasure to the persons thus loved and not merely to use them for our own selfish pleasure.
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.
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