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Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
With the catching ends the pleasure of the chase
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
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Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
but holds some joy of silence or of sound,
Some sprite begotten of a summer dream.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by read more
The greatest pleasure I know is to do a good action by stealth, and to have it found out by accident.
