This chapter examines the Dhammapada’s (a Buddhist text) warnings about pleasure as well as stories about Aristippus, the legendary founder of Hedonism. It also surveys writings by Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Theodore Adorno, and Michel Onfray. I tell the story of Francois Mitterrand’s (former president of France) last meal, where he ate an ortolan (“bunting” in English)—a small songbird. For many French it is a great delicacy. French law actually prohibits eating it. Tradition has it that one puts a towel over their face as they eat the bird. The towel hides one’s ecstasy from the gods. Such ecstasy rivals the joy of the Gods, and the Gods do not take kindly to that. The chapter ends by looking at Adorno’s argument that Odysseus’s sailing by the sirens marks a sentinel moment in our turning away from our primordial desires. Adorno worries that capitalism has taken away our ability to feel pleasure. Certainly, Epicurus was right to say that not all pleasures are to be embraced nor all pains to be avoided. I have never tried heroine and have no plans to do so, but am wary of putting off enjoying life. It is important to listen to the Sirens’ calls and the body’s yearnings even if we do not always follow them!