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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.
For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.
For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
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.]
