Pleasure or Paradise?

Which do people seek more, pleasure or paradise? First let me begin by properly defining the two. According to dictionary.com, pleasure is worldly or frivolous enjoyment; enjoyment or satisfaction derived from what is to one's liking. A paradise is a state of supreme happiness; bliss. Now knowing these definitions, think about it; is what you truly seek worldly pleasures or absolute happiness?

I thought about this question while reading Voltaire’s famous satirical novella Candide. In this story, our protagonist Candide somehow ends up in El Dorado, a secluded utopia. Everything is perfect there, but he wants to leave. He is in love with a beautiful woman and would rather pursue her than live in paradise.
The story’s ending is not a happy one; he leaves paradise and finds his girl, but now she is old and ugly. They spend the rest of their dull days farming without pleasure and far away from paradise. Take it from the Most Interesting Man in the World: “I don’t always have the option. But when I do, I choose Paradise.”