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Quotes About Pleasure

I have come up to town expressly to propose to her. Algernon. I thought you had come up for pleasure? . . . I call that business.
~ Oscar Wilde
O we are wearied of this sense of guilt, Wearied of pleasure's paramour despair, Wearied of every temple we have built, Wearied of every unanswered right, unanswered prayer, For man is weak; God sleeps: and heaven is high: One fiery-colored moment: one great love: and lo! we die.
~ Oscar Wilde
I know he likes me. Of course I flatter him dreadfully. I find a strange pleasure in saying things to him that I know I shall be sorry for having said.
~ Oscar Wilde
I don't regret for a single moment having lived for pleasure. I did it to the full, as one should do everything that one does. There was no pleasure I did not experience. I threw the pearl of my soul into a cup of wine.
~ Oscar Wilde
O we are wearied of this sense of guilt, Wearied of pleasure's paramour despair, Wearied of every temple we have built, Wearied of every right, unanswered prayer, For man is weak; God sleeps: and heaven is high: One fiery-coloured moment: one great love; and lo! we die. Ah!
~ Oscar Wilde
There are terrible temptations that it requires strength--strength and courage--to yield to. To stake all one's life on one throw--whether the stake be power or pleasure I care not--there is no weakness in that. There is a horrible, a terrible, courage.
~ Oscar Wilde
A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure.
~ Oscar Wilde
One could never pay too high a price for any sensation.
~ Oscar Wilde
Read what is here. How could reading a letter harm you? There might even be something in it that pleases you. My secrets are carried, by these letters, over land and sea: even enemies read letters received from their enemies.
~ Ovid
Vain sopimaton miellyttää, vain oma nautinto kiinnostaa, ja toisten murheet viihdyttävät eniten.
~ Ovid
smoking is just a habit. 'Tolstoy', she said, mentioning someone I hadn't met, 'says that just as much pleasure can be got from twirling the fingers'. My impulse was to tell her Tolstoy was off his onion, but I choked down the heated words. For all I know, the man might be a bosom pal of hers and she might resent criticism of him, however justified.
~ p g wodehouse
I spent centuries I your arms. This time our joining will be controlled by me, and you will revel in the pleasure I can bring you. Throw off the shackles of your distant goddess and come to me. Be my love, truly, in body as well as soul and I will give you the world!
~ P.C. Cast
I prefer my water in wine form.
~ P.C. Cast
Never say no to sex
~ P.C. Cast
Like pleasure, beauty should be savored and enjoyed
~ P.C. Cast
MnÄ› to trapné nepÃ…â"¢iÅ¡lo. Jsem rád, že nás vidÄ›l," Ã…â"¢ekl Erik spokojenÄ›. "Ty jsi rád? VzruÅ¡uje tÄ›, když se na tebe pÃ…â"¢i líbání nÄ›kdo dívá, nebo co?
~ P.C. Cast
The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
Few things are so pleasant as the anticipation of them...
~ P.G. Wodehouse
As we grow older and realize more clearly the limitations of human happiness, we come to see that the only real and abiding pleasure in life is to give pleasure to other people. One
~ P.G. Wodehouse
How would this do you, Bingo? I said at length. A few plovers' eggs to weigh in with, a cup of soup, a touch of cold salmon, some cold curry, and a splash of gooseberry tart and cream with a bite of cheese to finish? I don't know that I had expected the man actually to scream with delight, though I had picked the items from my knowledge of his pet dishes, but I had expected him to say something.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
In this life, you can choose between two courses. You can either shut yourself up in a country house and stare into tanks, or you can be a dasher with the sex. You can't do both.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
After all, what could be pleasanter than a little literature in the small hours?
~ P.G. Wodehouse
His was a simple mind, able to amuse itself with simple things.
~ P.G. Wodehouse
I don't think I have ever assisted at a ceremony which gave such universal pleasure to all concerned. The sheet didn't split, which pleased Gussie. Nobody came to interrupt us, which pleased me. And when I dropped the suitcase, it hit Gussie on the head, which delighted Aunt Dahlia. As for Jeeves, one could see that the faithful fellow was tickled pink at having been able to cluster round and save the young master in his hour of peril. His motto is 'Service.
~ P.G. Wodehouse