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Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest.
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.]
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
That, though on pleasure she was bent,
She had a frugal mind.
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.
For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.
For some, pleasure is a fever they can't shake. For others, it's a disease they cannot seem to catch.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
There is no sterner moralist than pleasure.
