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Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.
Doubtless the pleasure is as great
Of being cheated as to cheat.
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.
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]
I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.
I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.
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.
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.