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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by read more
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.