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Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
Every age has its pleasures, its style of wit, and its own ways.
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.
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.]
When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and read more
When the idea of any pleasure strikes your imagination, make a just computation between the duration of the pleasure and that of the repentance that is likely to follow it.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
