Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

It is happy for you that possess the talent of pleasing with
delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing read more

It is happy for you that possess the talent of pleasing with
delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed
from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous
study?

Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind read more

Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.

I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life read more

In our amusements a certain limit is to be placed that we may not
devote ourselves to a life of pleasure and thence fall into
immorality.
[Lat., Ludendi etiam est quidam modus retinendus, ut ne nimis
omnia profundamus, elatique voluptate in aliquam turpitudinem
delabamur.]

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.

We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.