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The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no
fellowship with virtue.
[Lat., Voluptas read more
Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no
fellowship with virtue.
[Lat., Voluptas mentis (ut ita dicam) praestringit oculos, nec
habet ullum cum virtute commercium.]
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
Follow pleasure, and then will pleasure flee,
Flee pleasure, and pleasure will follow thee.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to
the true.
[Lat., Ficta voluptatis causa read more
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to
the true.
[Lat., Ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris.]
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.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
