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A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.
A study of economics usually reveals that the best time to buy anything is last year.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.
Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
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.
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.
