Pleasure Quotes

The theory which follows is entirely based on a calculus of pleasure and pain; and the object of economics is to maximize happiness by purchasing pleasure, as it were, at the lowest cost of pain.

William Stanley Jevons
- Pain
- Cost
- Economics
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Age
- Regret
- Hours

I still have a lot of pleasure doing them, but as time goes by I come to appreciate more clearly which paintings are good and which should be discarded.

Claude Monet
There is no evil that does not promise inducements. Avarice promises money; luxury, a varied assortment of pleasures; ambition, a purple robe and applause. Vices tempt you by the rewards they offer.

Seneca the Younger
- Evil
- Promise
- Ambition
Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without.

Confucius
If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures, it's a pleasure to let it do as it pleases. With children, this would be wicked and irresponsible, so raising children involves a lot of effort and friction. They need to be taught how to tie their shoes and multiply fractions, they need to be punished for pocketing candy in the grocery store, they need to be washed and combed and forced to clean up their rooms and say please and thank you. A cat is our relief and our reward.

Barbara Holland
- Children
- Reward
- Punished
Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain.

Arthur Schopenhauer
- Pain
- Pleasure
- Gain