There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure.
Max Eastman
Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it.
Soren Kierkegaard
Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations.
Jane Austen
The essence of pleasure is spontaneity.
Germaine Greer
Pleasure is the bait of sin.
Plato
