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Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
Pleasure the servant, Virtue looking on.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
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.]
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.
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.
