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Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
Painting is a source of endless pleasure, but also of great anguish.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
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I walked a mile with Pleasure,
She chattered all the way;
But left me none the wiser,
For all she had to say.
I walked a mile with Sorrow
And ne'er a word said she;
But, oh, the things I learned from her
When Sorrow walked with me!
Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men
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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.]
Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
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Pleasures lie thickest where no pleasures seem;
There's not a leaf that falls upon the ground
but holds some joy of silence or of sound,
Some sprite begotten of a summer dream.
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
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.