Who pleases one against his will.

Who pleases one against his will.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and read more

When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.

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.]

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is

There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There is no sterner moralist than 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.

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.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.

I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.