Difficult Pleasure

Famous quotes containing the words difficult and/or pleasure:

    “It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.”
    —Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter, Jr.)

    “Were I to buy this life of pleasure and this only chance at happiness with a few little dangers, where would be the harm? And wouldn’t it still be fortunate to find a weak excuse to give her proof of my love?”
    —Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)