The Routledge Book of World Proverbs
Consider not the pleasures as they come, but as they go. (English)
Despise pleasure: pleasure bought by pain is injurious. (Roman)
Enjoy your present pleasures, so as not to injure those which are to come. (Roman)
Even pleasure itself is a toil. (Roman)
Everyone takes his pleasure where he finds it. (French)
From short pleasure long repentance. (French)
In the midst of our pleasures there is always some wrong that arises to vex us. (Roman)
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it. (Poor Richard)
Men are transformed by pleasures. (Roman)
Moderate pleasure relaxes the spirit, and moderates it. (Roman)
One should be just as careful in choosing one’s pleasures as in avoiding calamities. (Chinese)
Our pleasures are shallow, our sorrows are deep. (Chinese)
Pleasure arises out of labor. (Roman)
Pleasure begins to live when life itself is departing. (Roman)
Pleasure has a sting in its tail. (Unknown)
Pleasure is the bait of evil. (Roman)
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to vice. (Greek)
Pleasure is the seed of trouble. (Indian)
Pleasure requires company. (Mexican)
Pleasures rarely used are greatly enjoyed. (Roman)
Pleasures steal away the mind. (Dutch)
Pleasures, while they flatter, sting. (Dutch)
Seek pleasures while you may. (English)
Seekers of pleasure have no leisure. (the Editor)
Short pleasure often brings long repentance. (Danish)
The enlightened find pleasure in water; the benevolent, in mountains. (Chinese)
The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. (Roman)
The pleasures we enjoy are lost by coveting more. (Roman)
There is no small pleasure in sweet water. (Roman)
Whatever is God’s pleasure should be man’s pleasure. (Roman)
When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. (American)
Where pleasure prevails, all the greatest virtues fail. (Roman)
Why be miserable for the sake of pleasure? (Indian)
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