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    I walked a mile with Pleasure,
    She chattered all the way;
    But left me none the wiser,
    For all she had to say.
    I walked a mile with Sorrow
    And ne'er a word said she;
    But, oh, the things I learned from her
    When Sorrow walked with me!

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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.

Hang sorrow, care 'll kill a cat.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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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.]

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When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

When sorrows come, they come not single spies, but in battalions.

by William Shakespeare Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.

by Philip James Bailey Found in: Sorrow Quotes,
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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.

by Terri Guillemets Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

by Mary Wortley Montagu Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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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.

by Aristotle Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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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.]

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