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I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.
I fly from pleasure, because pleasure has ceased to please: I am
lonely because I am miserable.
Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a read more
Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
are caught by it as fish by a hook.
[Lat., Divine Plato escam malorum appeliat voluptatem, quod ea
videlicet homines capiantur, ut pisces hamo.]
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to
the true.
[Lat., Ficta voluptatis causa read more
Let the fictitious sources of pleasure be as near as possible to
the true.
[Lat., Ficta voluptatis causa sint proxima veris.]
A happier lot were mine,
If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,
For I read more
A happier lot were mine,
If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,
For I shall have no hope when thou art gone,--
Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none,
And no dear mother.
My sorrows are overwhelming, but my virtue is left to me.
[Fr., Mes malheurs sont combles, mais ma vertu read more
My sorrows are overwhelming, but my virtue is left to me.
[Fr., Mes malheurs sont combles, mais ma vertu me reste.]
One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.
One of the hardest things in life is watching the person you love, love someone else.
Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.
Our days and nights
Have sorrows woven with delights.
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
[Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus maximis fastidium finitimum
est.]
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.