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

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Love is space and time measured by the heart.

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Proverbs 9:17]

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Proverbs 9:17]

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close...

Love is missing someone whenever you're apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you're close...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

The pleasure of love is in the loving; and there is more joy in the...

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

Ah, how good it feels! The hand of an old friend.

The secret of love is seeking variety in your life together, and never letting routine...

The secret of love is seeking variety in your life together, and never letting routine...

Hell is seperation from love.

Hell is seperation from love.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

An Editor becomes kind of your mother. You expect love and encouragement from an Editor.

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

Joel, I'm not a concept. I want you to just keep that in your head....

I love you too much to spoil the immortality of a feeling with fleeting lust.

I love you too much to spoil the immortality of a feeling with fleeting lust.

Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild.

Love makes the wildest spirit tame, and the tamest spirit wild.

All lovers swear more performance than they are able

All lovers swear more performance than they are able

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. [I John]

He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. [I John]

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

Pure love is a willingness to give without a thought of receiving anything in return.

The people people have for friends You common sense appall But the people people marry...

The people people have for friends You common sense appall But the people people marry...

Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service...

Plant the seeds of Love in your hearts. Let them grow into trees of Service...

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

Think lovingly, speak lovingly, act lovingly, and every need shall be supplied.

If life gives you apples, eat them. If life gives you lemons, throw them at...

If life gives you apples, eat them. If life gives you lemons, throw them at...

As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs....

As life's pleasures go, food is second only to sex. Except for salami and eggs....

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase

With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase