Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a read more

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]

In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for read more

In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

But pleasures are like poppies spread;
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Or like the read more

But pleasures are like poppies spread;
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white--then melts forever.

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.