I was brought up a Catholic, so I take no pleasure in guilt.
Imelda Staunton
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.
Richard Steele
One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.
Gertrude Stein
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Stendhal
Everything I do is for the pleasure of Allah.
Cat Stevens
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Tacitus
Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour.
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand
The pleasure a reader gets is often equal to the pleasure a writer is given.
Paul Theroux
Only he is successful in his business who makes that pursuit which affords him the highest pleasure sustain him.
Henry David Thoreau
The function of intellect is to provide a means of modifying our reactions to the circumstances of life, so that we may secure pleasure, the symptom... →
Edward Thorndike