Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a read more

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a hook.
[Lat., Divine Plato escam malorum appeliat voluptatem, quod ea
videlicet homines capiantur, ut pisces hamo.]

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

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.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.

Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.

Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.

Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.