"The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount."

Addison, Joseph · Pleasure · 1 fans >>
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"A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion."

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"The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain."

Aristotle · Pleasure · 2 fans >>
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"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."

Austen, Jane · Pleasure · 0 fans >>
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"A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

Bagehot, Walter · Pleasure · 1 fans >>
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"In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls."

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"Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure."

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"Pleasure only starts once the worm has got into the fruit, to become delightful happiness must be tainted with poison."

Bataille, Georges · Pleasure · 0 fans >>
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"It is within the experience of everyone that when pleasure and pain reach a certain intensity they are indistinguishable."

Bennett, Arnold · Pleasure · 0 fans >>
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"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. [Proverbs 9:17]"

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