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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.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
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.
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
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.
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.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
