#plea

In the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. ↗

— George Will

#class #even #income #mail #means

I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being. ↗

— Anne Bancroft

#being #had #human #human being #i

I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#desire #desperate #hostility #i #i can

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure. ↗

— Bernard Baruch

#books #ceased #friends #give #more

Variety is the soul of pleasure. ↗

— Aphra Behn

#soul #variety

I knew I was going from the flock of Christ and had no resolution to return, hence serious reflections were uneasy to me, and youthful vanities and diversions were my greatest pleasure. ↗

— John Woolman

#diversions #flock #going #greatest #greatest pleasure

She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth. ↗

— Christina Rossetti

#bitter #bitter truth #chose #covered #eyes

I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure. ↗

— Max Cannon

#around #i #just #messing #pleasure

The art of pleasing is the art of deception. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#deception #pleasing

It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

#art #being #bored #commonly #fortune