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A woman only obliges a man to secrecy, that she may have the pleasure of telling herself.
When a person can’t find a deep sense of meaning, they distract themselves with pleasure.
When I eat with my friends, it is a moment of real pleasure, when I really enjoy my life.
An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again.
I grew up around people that enjoyed life day to day and found pleasure in simple things.
Those who did not live during the years close to 1789 do not know the pleasure of living.
Human nature being what it is, people will insist upon getting some pleasure out of life.
Fun comes hard - like, alas, its prarens, pleasure and happiness, whom we have to pursue.
It's such a pleasure to work in these movies, it's almost like it's not really happening.
Nature educates us into beauty and inwardness and is a source of the most noble pleasure.
Forbidden pleasures alone are loved immoderately; when lawful, they do not excite desire.
I'm doing a book, 'Chasing Science,' about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport.
Avowed work, even when uncongenial, is far less trying to patience than feigned pleasure.
Who will in time present pleasure refrain, shall in time to come the more pleasure obtain.
We live like we are on a pleasure cruise, when we are really on a rescue mission from God.
Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits on the undeserving.
It is not shameful for a man to succumb to pain and it is shameful to succumb to pleasure.
The secret to happiness, at Thanksgiving or any time, is to find pleasure in imperfection.
I love food and I love ingredients and I love reading recipes. It's just a great pleasure.
I do love translating; it is the pure pleasure of writing without the misery of inventing.
Now that I have conquered social anxiety disorder, I find pleasure in fans approaching me.
I am against the florists and floristry! Let the flowers not be the toys of our pleasures!
The shortness of life cannot dissuade us from its pleasures, nor console us for its pains.
Respectability is the state of never being caught doing anything which gives you pleasure.
I never understood where the satisfaction is when you're missing the pleasure of conquest.
Novel writing is a kind of private pleasure, even if nothing comes of it in worldly terms.
We should enjoy food and have fun. It is one of the simplest and nicest pleasures in life.
It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.
I love it when people have pleasure working and when there is respect. That's what I love.
If you live for pleasure, your ability to enjoy it may pass away and your senses grow dim.
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.
I find that I take a great deal of pleasure knowing I get up people's noses to some degree.
It's such a pleasure to write down splendid words—almost as though one were inventing them.
The pleasure of gratifying whim is very great. It is known only by those who are whimsical.
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
I'm tired of love; I'm still more tired of rhyme; but money gives me pleasure all the time.
Most people affirm pleasure to be the good, but the finer sort of wits say it is knowledge.
What delights, what pleasures does your life offer you that outweigh the raptures of death?
If you acquit me, you will give me great pleasure. If you condemn me you will do me honour!
One of my greatest pleasures is being on the farmland that's been in the family since 1833.
The cuisine, it is all about putting generosity before rigour and pleasure before lucidity.
Every perfect action is accompanied by pleasure. By that you can tell what you ought to do.
The pleasures of love are for those who are hopelessly addicted to another living creature.
In fact, 95% of the people in my films have been nothing less than a pleasure to work with.
What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee, Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism.
I own your pleasure," I whispered into his mouth. "I'll take it if you won't give it to me.
One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter.
As to sex, the original pleasure, I cannot recommend too highly the advantages of androgyny.