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Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
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.
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.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
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I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
[Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
