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The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
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.
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
