Quotes About Hedonism

what is cruelty but the giving of pain in the taking of pleasure?

Man has learned how to challenge both Nature and art to become the incitements to vice! His very cups he has delighted to engrave with libidinous subjects, and he takes pleasure in drinking from vessels of obscene form!

French fries and vino are my vices.

All the truly enjoyable things in life are invariably bad for you—and they're even better when done to excess.

What it lacks in prostitution, it makes up for in drugs and public urination.

Love makes the world go around, but so does a gallon of vodka and a box of Cuban cigars.

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

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

Let's quit and become famous for being drunk 24/7 ?

Spoiling yourself is what you call being selfish.

Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence.

The American Way of Life! Eat too much, work too much, buy too much, read too little, think even less, and die in poverty and insecurity.

Looking down on it from the helicopter, with a bottle of Jack in my left hand, a bag of pills in my right hand, and a blond head bobbing up and doen in my lap, I felt like the king of the world.

Conclusion : l'idéal esthétique est hédoniste et susceptible de progrès. L'idéal moral est doloriste et n'est pas objet d'apprentissage.

Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.

Over the epitaph of this generation it will say ENTERTAINED TO DEATH.

A little poison now and then: that makes for pleasant dreams. And a lot of poison at the end, for a pleasant death.

Entertainment for entertainment's sake is the most expensive form of death.

the promise of pleasures so alluring that we may devote our lives to their pursuit, and then the haunting realization that these pleasures ultimately do not satisfy.

Pleasure is the bait of sin

instead of allowing the enormity of the world's sufferings to make me unhappy, I have allowed it to increase the depth of my gratitude for the blessed life that I have been allowed to lead. You can look at the amount of suffering in the world and become bitter (this world stinks), cynical (nothing matters, it's all just a roulette game), or hedonistic (with all this suffering, I'll rack up all the fun I can) – or you can be grateful for your blessings.

The famous and rich, even the learned and wise, Singly or in pairs went to her dwelling To press their civilized lips to her thighs Or learn at first hand her buttocks' swelling "Old nicoise whore

We're fat, we're greedy, and we don't give a shit. Our religion is TV. Our saviour is Bill Gates. We've learned our lessons well. We know how to put number one first.

Luxury is a motivational narcotic.