“Unlawful pleasure, trenching on another's rights, is delusive and envenomed pleasureits hollowness disappoints at the time, its poison cruelly tortures afterwards, its effects deprave forever.” PleasureForeverRightsEffectsTorturePoisonDisappointUnlawfulHollowness Author:Charlotte Bronte
“If nature has been frugal in her gifts and endowments, there is the more need of art to supply her defects. If she has been generous and liberal, know that she still expects industry and application on our part, and revenges herself in proportion to our negligent ingratitude. The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds; and instead of vines and olives for the pleasure and use of man, produces, to its slothful owner, the most abundant crop of poisons.” IfsKnowsMenNeedsHas BeensArtStillsUsePleasureProduceIndustryGeniusRevengeGenerousPoisonSoilProportionOwnersWeedApplicationDefectsCropsVinesFertileOlivesIngratitudeEndowmentFrugalFertile Soil Book:Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics Source: Philosophical Essays: On Morals, Literature, and Politics
“When the cup of any sensual pleasure is drained to the bottom, there is always poison in the dregs.” PleasureBottomCupsSensualPoisonDrainedDregsSensual Pleasure Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks
“Anger can serve a useful purpose if it is justified and directed appropriately. But when it's only a substitute for self-loathing and a justification for cruelty to others, the trigger in your brain can become horribly destructive and addicted to that emotion. It's like a tornado that blows away all of your pleasure and replaces it with emotional poison.” IfsSelfPurposePleasureEmotionBrainEmotionalAngerBlowCrueltyPoisonDestructiveSubstitutesJustificationJustifiedTriggersLoathingSelf LoathingTornadoes Author:G. Frank Lawlis
“How well u treat the wicked people, they do nto give up their wickedness. They derive pleasure in hurting others. A serpent made to drink milk, it ejects poison only.” PeopleGivingWellsMadePoliticalHurtPleasureDrinkGiving UpTreatsPoisonWickedMilkWickednessSerpentHurting OthersDrink Milk Author:Chanakya