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.

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

Anticipation makes the pleasure.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
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I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
[Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.

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

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

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.