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That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.
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.]
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.
For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
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.
The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.
[Lat., Oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi.]
The sorrowful dislike the gay, and the gay the sorrowful.
[Lat., Oderunt hilarem tristes tristemque jocosi.]