#plea

A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

#dead #debt #die #due #dust

The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Tragedy delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain. ↗

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

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The eye must be easy, before it can be pleased. ↗

— William Shenstone

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As far as show business, it's the gratification of doing something that pleases the fans. ↗

— Bobby Sherman

#business #doing #fans #far #gratification

Of course, I also gave him the ineffable pleasures of pipe smoking. And no children, because when this character was created I did not yet have the four children I later had. I must add I also gave him a certain taste for food. ↗

— Georges Simenon

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Tears are the natural penalties of pleasure. It is a law that we should pay for all that we enjoy. ↗

— William Gilmore Simms

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No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right. ↗

— Charles Simmons

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We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure. ↗

— Carly Simon

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