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There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
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.
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.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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.
Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no
fellowship with virtue.
[Lat., Voluptas read more
Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no
fellowship with virtue.
[Lat., Voluptas mentis (ut ita dicam) praestringit oculos, nec
habet ullum cum virtute commercium.]
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
