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Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
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Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
but holds some joy of silence or of sound,
Some sprite begotten of a summer dream.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
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.
