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    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.]

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Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a read more

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but pleasure for a lifetime, a garden.

by Chinese Proverbs Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

Rich the treasure,
Sweet the pleasure,
Sweet is pleasure after pain.

by John Dryden Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.

by Lionel Tiger Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.

by Ben Jonson Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Lamb Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.

The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.

by Marina Warner Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.

by Plato Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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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.

by Aaron Burr Found in: Pleasure Quotes,
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