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Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
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.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
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 the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
