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With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
But pleasures are like poppies spread;
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
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But pleasures are like poppies spread;
You seize the flower, its bloom is shed.
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white--then melts forever.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure
my business.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure
my business.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
