
The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-4. Practice http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw1-04.htm Translated 1980.
Section 69d (W. R. M. Lamb's translation); also rendered: pleasure, "the bait of sin" (W.A. Falconer's translation).
Timaeus
ἡδονήν, μέγιστον κακοῡ δέλεαρ
The Way of God's Will Chapter 1-4. Practice http://www.unification.org/ucbooks/WofGW/wogw1-04.htm Translated 1980.
“The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.”
Vol. 1, p. 286; Letter 43.
Clarissa (1747–1748)
Prayer and the Art of Volkswagen Maintenance (2000, Harvest House Publishers)
Biharul Anwar, Volume 82, Page 231
Shi'ite Hadith
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Variant translation: No pleasure is itself a bad thing, but the things that produce some kinds of pleasure, bring along with them unpleasantness that is much greater than the pleasure itself.
Sovereign Maxims
“The pleasures that give most joy are the ones that most rarely come.”
Source Book in Ancient Philosophy (1907), The Golden Sayings of Democritus
“Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.”
Source: Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way