The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.

Quote by Madame De Lambert

Topics: Love Quotes, Pleasure Quotes

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion...

No woman ever falls in love with a man unless she has a better opinion...

A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.

A man in love is like a clipped coupon -- it's time to cash in.

Those truly linked don't need correspondence, When they meet again after many years apart, Their...

Those truly linked don't need correspondence, When they meet again after many years apart, Their...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

To every lovely lady bright, I wish a gallant faithful knight; To every faithful lover,...

Two lives, two hearts joined together in friendship united forever in love

Two lives, two hearts joined together in friendship united forever in love

The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.

The one who loves the least, controls the relationship.

I cannot promise very much. I give you the images I know. Lie still with...

I cannot promise very much. I give you the images I know. Lie still with...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

Men who allow their love of power to give them a distorted view of the...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with...

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There is too much fraternizing with...

It's better to love somone who's far and craves to be with you than to...

It's better to love somone who's far and craves to be with you than to...

God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that...

God made woman beautiful and foolish; beautiful, that man might love her; and foolish, that...

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies...

Love is not a feeling. Love is an action, an activity. . .Genuine love implies...

Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my...

Civilization has been thrust upon me... and it has not added one whit to my...

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another...

I love such mirth as does not make friends ashamed to look upon one another...

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but...

People react to fear, not love - they don't teach that in Sunday School, but...

Always direct your thoughts to those truths that will give you confidence, hope, joy, love,...

Always direct your thoughts to those truths that will give you confidence, hope, joy, love,...

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be...

As clouds are blown away by the wind, the thirst for material pleasures will be...

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep...funny...

I'm so tired, but I can't sleep...standing on the edge of something much too deep...funny...

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

The most delightful pleasures cloy without variety

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest

That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest