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Pleasure Quotes

"I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure."

"I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure."

Max Cannon, American Artist

Pleasure, Smoking, Want

21

"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust."

"The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Pleasure, Disgust

15

"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

"It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

15

"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable."

"Surprises are foolish things. The pleasure is not enhanced, and the inconvenience is often considerable."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Pleasure, Surprises

15

"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."

"A woman is an occasional pleasure but a cigar is always a smoke."

Groucho Marx, American Comedian

Pleasure, Woman

15

"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."

"Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in."

John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman

14

"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."

"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."

Nagarjuna, Indian Philosopher

10

"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."

"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

Pleasure, Sorrow

9

"My pleasure was to copy, not to create."

"My pleasure was to copy, not to create."

Manuel Puig, Argentinian Author

9

"When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself."

"When I'm writing a song, it gives me more actual pleasure to hear someone else sing it than do it meself."

Shane MacGowan, Irish Musician

Pleasure, Song, Writing

8

"Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."

"Speed provides the one genuinely modern pleasure."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

7

"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."

"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

7

"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."

"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand, French Diplomat

7

"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."

"The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading."

Vernon Lee, British Author

Pleasure, Reading

6

"Perhaps all pleasure is only relief."

"Perhaps all pleasure is only relief."

William S. Burroughs, American Writer

6

"I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me."

"I confess that reading proofs is a pleasure. It stimulates and inspires me."

Zane Grey, American Author

Pleasure, Reading

5

"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."

"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."

Francis Quarles, English Poet

Pleasure, Reading, Writing

5

"It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

"It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

5

"During my first few weeks in Italy, all my Protestant synapses were zinging in distress, looking for a task. I wanted to take on pleasure like a homework assignment, or a giant science fair project."

"During my first few weeks in Italy, all my Protestant synapses were zinging in distress, looking for a task. I wanted to take on pleasure like a homework assignment, or a giant science fair project."

Elizabeth Gilbert, American Novelist

Pleasure, Guilt, Culture, Joy

5

"I find pleasure in things that are simple."

"I find pleasure in things that are simple."

Stephan Jenkins, American Musician

4

"No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure."

"No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

Pleasure, Profit

4

"It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

"It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

Jean de La Fontaine, French Poet

4

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."

"Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare."

Alfred Hitchcock, English Director

4

"The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as much satisfaction."

"The book tour has been really interesting and very gratifying. I have not book toured before. I've never had quite as much pleasure, as much satisfaction."

Leonard Nimoy, American Actor

Pleasure, Satisfaction

4

"Fast cars are my only vice."

"Fast cars are my only vice."

Michael Bay, American Director

4

"To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement."

"To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Pleasure, Amusement, Man

4

"I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure."

"I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure."

Nora Roberts, American Author

4

"The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need."

"The real pleasure in writing this, for me, was discovering how little you need."

Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist

Pleasure, Writing

4

"The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor."

"The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor."

William Hazlitt, English Critic

Pleasure, Regret

4

"How delicious is pleasure after torment!"

"How delicious is pleasure after torment!"

Pierre Corneille, French Dramatist

4

"Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something."

"Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something."

Jean Paul, German Author

Pleasure, Variety

3

"I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure."

"I never wanted to see anybody die, but there are a few obituary notices I have read with pleasure."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

3

"Ease up, the play is over."

"Ease up, the play is over."

Horace Greeley, American Editor

3

"Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England."

"Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England."

Zola Budd, South African Athlete

Pleasure, England, Tea

3

"Pleasure is none, if not diversified."

"Pleasure is none, if not diversified."

John Donne, British Poet

3

"I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working."

"I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working."

Dana Plato, American Actress

3

"Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains."

"Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains."

Democritus, Greek Philosopher

Pleasure, Moderation

3

"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity."

"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity."

Germaine Greer, Australian Activist

Pleasure, Spontaneity

3

"Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly."

"Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly."

Pierre Bonnard, French Artist

3

"Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah."

"Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah."

Cat Stevens, British Musician

3

"The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction."

"The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction."

Michael Faraday, English Scientist

Pleasure, Reason

3

"This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it."

"This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it."

Voltaire, French Writer

3

"What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim."

"What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim."

William Shenstone, English Poet

Pleasure, Unhappiness

3

"No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water."

"No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water."

Horace, Roman Poet

Pleasure, Water

3

"Writing is self-pleasure."

"Writing is self-pleasure."

Bangambiki Habyarimana, Rwandan Author

Pleasure, Writing, Self, Expression

3

"I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky."

"I took pleasure when I could. I acted clearly and morally and without regret. I'm very lucky."

Jeanne Calment, French Celebrity

Pleasure, Regret

3

"Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it."

"Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it."

Stendhal, French Writer

3

"Joy is not a substitute for sex, sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy."

"Joy is not a substitute for sex, sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

Pleasure, Joy, Sex, Emotion

2

"To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure."

"To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

Pleasure, Property

2

"One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure."

"One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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