8142 | The wise prefer good to pleasure; the foolish are drawn to pleasure by desire [Anon (Upan)] |
240 | It would be strange if the gods rewarded those who experienced the most pleasure in life [Plato] |
157 | Most pleasure is release from pain, and is therefore not worthwhile [Plato] |
371 | Reason, memory, truth and wisdom are far better than pleasure, for those who can attain them [Plato] |
373 | Pleasure is certainly very pleasant, but it doesn't follow that all pleasures are good [Plato] |
376 | Would you prefer a life of pleasure without reason, or one of reason without pleasure? [Plato] |
379 | The good must be sufficient and perfect, and neither intellect nor pleasure are that [Plato] |
382 | It is unlikely that the gods feel either pleasure or pain [Plato] |
197 | Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato] |
200 | People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato] |
2134 | Philosophers are concerned with totally non-physical pleasures [Plato] |
5259 | If we criticise bodily pleasures as licentious and bad, why do we consider their opposite, pain, to be bad? [Aristotle] |
96 | Nobody would choose the mentality of a child, even if they had the greatest childish pleasures [Aristotle] |
97 | There are many things we would want even if they brought no pleasure [Aristotle] |
98 | It is right to pursue pleasure, because it enhances life, and life is a thing to choose [Aristotle] |
99 | If happiness were mere amusement it wouldn't be worth a lifetime's effort [Aristotle] |
14056 | We only need pleasure when we have the pain of desire [Epicurus] |
508 | Only accept beneficial pleasures [Democritus (attr)] |
20845 | There are shameful pleasures, and nothing shameful is good, so pleasure is not a good [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius] |
20840 | Stoics say pleasure is at most a byproduct of finding what is suitable for us [Stoic school, by Diog. Laertius] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
22269 | We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age [Montaigne] |
8104 | What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them? [Joubert] |
21466 | Pleasure is weaker, and pain stronger, than we expect [Schopenhauer] |
5905 | We clearly value good character or understanding, as well as pleasure [Ross] |
5929 | No one thinks it doesn't matter whether pleasure is virtuously or viciously acquired [Ross] |