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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind read more
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.
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.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
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.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
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 noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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.]
