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That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.
Men may scoff, and men may pray,
But they pay
Every pleasure with a pain.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Pleasure admitted in undue degree
Enslaves the will, nor leaves the judgment free.
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind read more
Pleasure to me is wonder—the unexplored, the unexpected, the thing that is hidden and the changeless thing that lurks behind superficial mutability.
Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.
Look upon the world as your enemy because only then the gifts it gives will give you immense pleasure.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
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.]
