(ancien français plaisir, plaire, du latin placere, plaire)
1. État de contentement que crée chez quelqu'un la satisfaction d'une tendance, d'un besoin, d'un désir : Cette musique lui procure un immense plaisir.Éprouver du plaisir à lire.
selon son imagination, son caprice ; sans raison, sans motif sérieux ; beaucoup, sans retenue.
Familier. Au plaisir (de vous revoir),
formule lorsqu'on quitte quelqu'un.
Avec (grand) plaisir,
volontiers.
Avoir, prendre (du) plaisir à quelque chose,
y trouver de l'agrément, une satisfaction.
Car tel est notre plaisir,
formule fixée par Louis XI (décret du 31 octobre 1472) et apposée au bas des actes royaux pour affirmer le pouvoir absolu du roi.
Faire à quelqu'un le plaisir de,
exprime un souhait impératif ou un ordre : Fais-moi le plaisir de ranger ce disque.
Faire plaisir à quelqu'un,
lui être agréable.
Le bon plaisir de quelqu'un,
sa fantaisie, son caprice.
Principe de plaisir,
dans la première topique freudienne, principe organisateur du fonctionnement psychique et selon lequel l'individu ne tend qu'à la satisfaction, donc à l'évacuation, des quantités d'excitation qui affluent dans l'appareil psychique.
Se faire un plaisir de,
le faire très volontiers.
Citations avec plaisir
Anonyme Car tel est notre plaisir.
Commentaire Cette formule terminait tous les édits royaux depuis une ordonnance de Louis XI du 31 octobre 1472. Quant au terme bon plaisir, qui servit sous la Révolution pour caractériser le régime monarchique, il n'apparaît dans les actes qu'à la fin du règne de Louis XVI.
Jean Anouilh (Bordeaux 1910-Lausanne 1987) Je ne sais pas quelle conjuration de cagots et de vieilles filles a pu réussir, en deux siècles, à discréditer le mot plaisir. La Répétition ou l'Amour puni, II, le comte , La Table Ronde
Honoré de Balzac (Tours 1799-Paris 1850) Il ne se rencontre pas plus dans la vie de l'homme deux moments de plaisir semblables, qu'il n'y a deux feuilles exactement pareilles sur un même arbre. Physiologie du mariage
Pierre Augustin Caron deBeaumarchais (Paris 1732-Paris 1799) L'amour n'est que le roman du cœur : c'est le plaisir qui en est l'histoire. Le Mariage de Figaro, V, 7
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (Montbard 1707-Paris 1788) Nos vrais plaisirs consistent dans le libre usage de nous-mêmes. Histoire naturelle, De l'homme
Pedro Calderón de la Barca (Madrid 1600-Madrid 1681) Rien ne me paraît juste qui contrarie mon bon plaisir. Nada me parece justo en siendo contra mi gusto. La vida es sueño
Malcolm de Chazal (Vacoas 1902-Port-Louis 1981) L'homme est, de tous les êtres vivants, le seul à courir deux plaisirs à la fois. Sens plastique, Gallimard
Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte 1889-Milly-la-Forêt 1963) Académie française, 1955 À force de plaisirs notre bonheur s'abîme. Vocabulaire, La Sirène
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, 1873-Paris 1954) Le vice, c'est le mal qu'on fait sans plaisir. Claudine en ménage, Mercure de France
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette (Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye, Yonne, 1873-Paris 1954) Ces plaisirs qu'on nomme, à la légère, physiques. Ces plaisirs, Ferenczi
Pierre Corneille (Rouen 1606-Paris 1684) Que le plaisir se goûte au sortir des supplices ! La Veuve, III, 8, Clarice
Gustave Flaubert (Rouen 1821-Croisset, près de Rouen, 1880) Académie française, 1880 Tout amuse quand on y met de la persévérance : l'homme qui apprendrait par cœur un dictionnaire finirait par y trouver du plaisir. Correspondance, à Mlle Leroyer de Chantepie, 1858
Jean-Pierre Claris deFlorian (Sauve, Gard, 1755-Sceaux 1794) Académie française, 1788 Plaisir d'amour ne dure qu'un moment Chagrin d'amour dure toute la vie. Romance extraite de Célestine (musique de Jean-Paul Martini)
Francis Jammes (Tournay, Hautes-Pyrénées, 1868-Hasparren, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, 1938) Je fais ce qui me fait plaisir, et ça m'ennuie de penser pourquoi. Le Deuil des primevères, Mercure de France
Joseph Joubert (Montignac, Corrèze, 1754-Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 1824) Il entre, dans toute espèce de débauche, beaucoup de froideur d'âme. Elle est un abus réfléchi et volontaire du plaisir. Carnets
Pierre Jean Jouve (Arras 1887-Paris 1976) Tout amour contient un abîme qui est le Plaisir. La Scène capitale, Mercure de France
Jean de La Bruyère (Paris 1645-Versailles 1696) Le plaisir le plus délicat est de faire celui d'autrui. Les Caractères, De la société et de la conversation
Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry 1621-Paris 1695) J'aime le jeu, l'amour, les livres, la musique La ville et la campagne, enfin tout ; il n'est rien Qui ne me soit souverain bien, Jusqu'au sombre plaisir d'un cœur mélancolique. Les Amours de Psyché et de Cupidon
Jean de La Fontaine (Château-Thierry 1621-Paris 1695) […] Fi du plaisir Que la crainte peut corrompre. Fables, le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs
François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (Paris 1613-Paris 1680) Le plaisir de l'amour est d'aimer, et l'on est plus heureux par la passion que l'on a que par celle que l'on donne. Maximes
Alphonse de Prât deLamartine (Mâcon 1790-Paris 1869) Le plaisir est une prière Et l'aumône une volupté. Harmonies poétiques et religieuses, Pour une quête
Henri René Lenormand (Paris 1882-Paris 1951) Chacun tire son plaisir de l'instrument dont il joue le mieux. Le Mangeur de rêves, Crès
Ricardo León (Barcelone 1877-Madrid 1943) Plaisir non obtenu vaut mieux que plaisir comblé. Más que el placer conseguido vale el placer no logrado. Silencio !
Lucrèce en latin Titus Lucretius Carus (Rome ? vers 98-55 avant J.-C.) De la source même des plaisirs surgit je ne sais quoi d'amer qui jusque dans les fleurs prend à la gorge. De natura rerum , IV, 1133 medio de fonte leporum Surgit amari aliquid quod in ipsis floribus angat.
Nicolas Malebranche (Paris 1638-Paris 1715) […] Le plaisir est toujours un bien, et la douleur toujours un mal ; mais il n'est pas toujours avantageux de jouir du plaisir, et il est quelquefois avantageux de souffrir la douleur. De la recherche de la vérité
François de Malherbe (Caen 1555-Paris 1628) Tout le plaisir des jours est en leurs matinées. Stances
André Maurois (Elbeuf 1885-Neuilly 1967) Académie française, 1938 Les grands événements n'enlèvent pas leur charme aux petits plaisirs. Olympio ou la vie de Victor Hugo, Hachette
Alfred de Musset (Paris 1810-Paris 1857) Et ne vois-tu pas que changer sans cesse Nous rend doux et chers les plaisirs passés ? Premières Poésies, Chanson
Palladas, d'Alexandrie (Ve s.) La vie, c'est le plaisir ou rien. […] Jouissons aujourd'hui, nul ne connaît demain. Anthologie palatine V, 72 (traduction R. Brasillach)
Évariste Désiré de Forges, chevalier puis vicomte de Parny (île Bourbon, aujourd'hui la Réunion, 1753-Paris 1814) Académie française, 1803 La variété est la source de tous nos plaisirs, et le plaisir cesse de l'être quand il devient habitude. Lettres, janvier 1775
Georges de Porto-Riche (Bordeaux 1849-Paris 1930) Académie française, 1923 C'est du plaisir savant qu'il faut aux sénateurs. L'Infidèle, scène 5, Lazzaro , Fayard
Marcel Proust (Paris 1871-Paris 1922) On est impuissant à trouver du plaisir quand on se contente de le chercher. À la recherche du temps perdu, le Côté de Guermantes , Gallimard
Marcel Proust (Paris 1871-Paris 1922) Rien n'est plus limité que le plaisir et le vice. À la recherche du temps perdu, le Temps retrouvé , Gallimard
Jules Renard (Châlons, Mayenne, 1864-Paris 1910) Chacun trouve son plaisir où il le prend. Journal, 15 juin 1887 , Gallimard
Antoine Rivaroli, dit le Comte deRivarol (Bagnols-sur-Cèze 1753-Berlin 1801) Il est plus facile à l'imagination de se composer un enfer avec la douleur qu'un paradis avec le plaisir. Discours sur l'homme intellectuel et moral
Jean Rostand (Paris 1894-Ville-d'Avray 1977) Académie française, 1959 Pour ceux qui ont l'austérité trop facile, le devoir peut être dans le plaisir. Carnet d'un biologiste, Stock
Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (Paris 1626-Grignan 1696) Je comprends qu'il y a quelque sorte de plaisir dans la plainte, plus grand qu'on ne pense. Correspondance, à Mme de Grignan, 14 mai 1686
Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (Paris 1754-Paris 1838) Qui n'a pas vécu dans les années voisines de 1780 n'a pas connu le plaisir de vivre. Phrase rapportée par François Guizot dans ses Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de mon temps
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