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Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
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.]
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.
Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
