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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.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
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.]
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
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.
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.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
