Quotes About Pleasure

Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.

If I had no duties, and no reference to futurity, I would spend my life in driving briskly in a post-chaise with a pretty woman.

An unrestricted satisfaction of every need presents itself as the most enticing method of conducting one's life, but it means putting enjoyment before caution, and soon brings its own punishment.

There are moments in life that the white-chocolate Magnum ice cream was invented for, and this is one of them.

As we advance in life the circle of our pains enlarges, while that of our pleasures contracts.

But it's hard for a man to give up all his pleasures, even when they don't pleasure him no more.

Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenest.

Sure, I eat because I have to. But I also eat because I want to. It is one of life's few pleasures.

Beauty, pleasure, and the good things of life are intensified, and perhaps only exist, by reason of contrast.

Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please them.

I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.

We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.

Sometimes the small pleasures in life are the sweetest.

There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.

Ah, well. Life's too short for moderation, wouldn't you say?

Life's too short so we should enjoy it without forget our limits.

I care not a jot for immortal life, but only for the taste of tea.

And what's wrong with dimming the harsh reality of life a little, anyway? In essence, being alive is a bloody long and hard walk to death. Why not make it as pleasant along the way as you can?

The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.

Like cats and ice cream, showers were among life's simple, uncomplicated pleasures.

The life of pleasure breeds boredom. The life of duty breeds resentment.

Nothing goes sour more easily than the life of pleasure.

Italians still know how to enjoy life, even as the country seems stuck in place.

I have enjoyed earthly happiness, I have lived and loved.