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Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
[Lat., Voluptates commendat rarior usus.]
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.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each read more
Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
