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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.
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
O Athenians, what toil do I undergo to please you!
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
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.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave.
