#pleas

If it takes talking about unpleasant truths to change Washington, then so be it. ↗

— Scott McClellan

#change #takes #talking #then #truths

Please believe that I do this because I am convinced that my illness cannot be helped for any length of time and I cannot bear to be a burden on anyone any longer. ↗

— Susannah McCorkle

#any #anyone #bear #because #believe

The stoic contemplates fallen leaves; the epicure rakes them into a loveseat. ↗

— Bauvard

#humor #pain #pleasure #funny

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. ↗

— John Stuart Mill

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Please give me some good advice in your next letter. I promise not to follow it. ↗

— Edna St. Vincent Millay

#follow #give #give me #good #good advice

Please call your second witness, and then call your mother, she worries. ↗

— Colin Mochrie

#mother #please #second #she #then

I prefer a pleasant vice to an annoying virtue. ↗

— Moliere

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. ↗

— Moliere

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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. ↗

— Moliere

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There are so many unpleasant things in the world already that there is no use in imagining any more. ↗

— Lucy Maud Montgomery

#any #imagining #many #more #pleasant things