Quotes About Pleasure

Bertha divined what an enormous wrong had been wrought against the world in that the longing for pleasure is placed in woman just as in man; and that with women that longing is a sin, demanding expiation, if the yearning for pleasure is not at the same time a yearning for motherhood.

It would be better if there were nothing. Since there is more pain than pleasure on earth, every satisfaction is only transitory, creating new desires and new distresses, and the agony of the devoured animal is always far greater than the pleasure of the devourer

Why is it that, today, the masses are so utterly unconcerned about spiritual and eternal things, and that they are lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God? Why is it that, even on the battlefields, multitudes were so indifferent to their soul's welfare? Why is it that defiance of heaven is becoming more open, more blatant, more daring? The answer is, Because "There is no fear of God before their eyes" (Rom 3:18).

the potter forms his vessels for himself. Let man strive with his Maker as he will, the fact remains that he is nothing more than clay in the Heavenly Potter's hands, and while we know that God will deal justly with His creatures, that the Judge of all the earth will do right, nevertheless, He shapes His vessels for His own purpose and according to His own pleasure.

God's decrees are called His "counsel" to signify they are consummately wise. They are called God's "will" to show He was under no control, but acted according to His own pleasure.

Nor is it the merit of Christ which moves God to bestow mercies on His elect: that would be substituting the effect for the cause. It is "through" or because of the tender mercy of our God that Christ was sent here to His people (Luke 1:78). The merits of Christ make it possible for God to righteously bestow spiritual mercies on His elect, justice having been fully satisfied by the Surety! No, mercy arises solely from God's imperial pleasure.

She had discovered with surprise and pleasure that as she turned each page, the book was written, as if for the first time, all over again.

El hombre tortura y mata porque es lo suyo. Le gusta.

porque no se trata sólo de leer libros sino el placer físico y el consuelo interior que da tenerlos en las manos

Goûtons un peu ce simulacre de bonheur

algunos preferimos, supongo, los vicios que nos divierten a las virtudes que nos aburren.

Reconozco que la aviación resulta útil para hacer la guerra; aunque en la vida civil, a la que el mundo retornará algún día, rebaja el placer de los viajes. Ir de un lado a otro con prisas tiene su lado práctico, pero no es comparable a un vagón de tren de primera clase, un libro en las manos, levantando la vista para contemplar el paisaje. Dormir en un cómodo coche cama, mecido por el dulce traqueteo de los bogies.

Tengo planes más atractivos: mujeres, cigarrillos, restaurantes. Cosas así. De modo que, puestos a ello, es mejor que mueran otros. Entonces

Respecto al vino, decía el capitán que ya tendría tiempo en la vida de beber hasta reventar, si lo quisiera, y que para eso nunca se le hacía demasiado tarde a un hombre;

Lo que se han de comer los gusanos, que lo disfruten los cristianos.

L]ife is like an expensive restaurant where, sooner or later, someone always hands you the bill, which is not to say that you should deny the joy and pleasure afforded by the dishes already eaten.

Those tormented by the pain of anger, Never know tranquillity of mind— Strangers they will be to every pleasure; They will neither sleep nor feel secure.

People scorn the poor who have no wealth, They also criticize the rich who have it. What pleasure can derive from keeping company With people such as these, so difficult to please?

Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maples, singing songs, drinking wine and diverting ourselves in just floating, floating; caring not a whit for the poverty staring us in the face, refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current: this is what we call ukiyo.

don't swill my best cognac. You must savour each drop." "Savour like you do a man".

Silahlar?n zevkini tatm?? birine asla güvenmemeli.

His fingers threaded through my hair, pulling me off of his cock. I licked the last of his juices off of my lips. When I opened my eyes, he was staring at me in wonder.

I have always done my sketches, as people would say, for the fun of it... I have worked to amuse myself, and if it has amused the public as well, so much the better for me.

I can't really define it in sexual terms alone although our sexuality is so energizing why not enjoy it too?