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Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by read more
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it read more
The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
