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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.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Whenever you are sincerely pleased you are nourished.
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]
Despise pleasure; pleasure bought by pain in injurious.
[Lat., Sperne voluptates; nocet empta dolora voluptas.]
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
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.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Who pleases one against his will.
Who pleases one against his will.
