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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
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I live and reign since I have abandoned those pleasures which you
by your praises extol to the skies.
[Lat., Vivo et regno, simul ista reliqui
Quae vos ad coelum effertis rumore secundo.]
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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.
