"But there must be some pleasure in..." - Quote by Voltaire
But there must be some pleasure in condemning everything--in perceiving faults where others think they see beauties.' 'You mean there is pleasure in having no pleasure.
More by Voltaire
“I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.”
“I believe that there never was a creator of a philosophical system who did not confess at the end of his life that he had wasted his time. It must be admitted that the inventors of the mechanical arts have been much more useful to men that the inventors of syllogisms. He who imagined a ship towers considerably above him who imagined innate ideas.”
“Every beauty, when out of it's place, is a beauty no longer.”
More on Criticism
“I know very well that because I am unlettered some presumptuous people will think they have the right to criticize me, saying that I am an uncultured man. What stupid fools! Do they not know that I could reply to them as Marius did to the Roman patricians: "Do those who pride themselves on the works of other men claim to challenge mine?”
“As the saying goes: "If you're not part of the solution, you're a newspaper columnist."”
“Lawyers are a prudent race though not very fond of liberty.”
More on Pleasure
“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.”
“My love of soft, runny cheese - it's impossible to resist.”
“There is more difference in the quality of our pleasures than in the amount.”