Henry Home, Lord Kames Quotes About Pleasure
-
Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession.
→ -
Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant.
→ -
Emotions are raised in us, not only by the qualities and actions of others, but also by their feelings. I cannot behold a man in distress, without partaking of his pain; nor in joy, without partaking of his pleasure.
→ -
Ridicule, which chiefly arises from pride, a selfish passion, is but at best a gross pleasure, too rough an entertainment for those who are highly polished and refined.
→