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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
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.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
We tire of those pleasures we take, but never of those we give.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
Anticipation makes the pleasure.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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!
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.
