Alexander Pope Quotes

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

Pleasure itself is not a vice

Pleasure is none, if not diversified.

Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.

'Pleasure' is a word I think about a lot, as opposed to 'entertainment.' They are very, very different.

I don't do anything I'm not going to enjoy.

We may think we live for wisdom, but in fact we're living for the the pleasure wisdom brings us.

Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure.

Pleasure of every kind quickly satisfies.

Happiness? A good cigar, a good meal, a good cigar and a good woman - or a bad woman; it depends on how much happiness you can handle.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is liking what you get.

It's not the having, it's the getting.

It's so much better to desire than to have.

Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.

Pleasure usually takes the form of me and now; joy is us and always.

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds.

The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.

I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure.

If you're not having fun it's not worth doing.

I find pleasure in things that are simple.

There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.

Behavioral psychologists have observed that wanting something has a much stronger emotional impact than the pleasure that comes once you have it, or the memory of having had it.

You bet I did. I enjoyed it.

Fun and pleasure are just as delicious as achieving a goal.