#pleasure

Melancholy is the pleasure of being sad. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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Child! Do not throw this book about; refrain from the unholy pleasure of cutting all the pictures out. ↗

— Hilaire Belloc

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The most total opposite of pleasure is not pain but boredom, for we are willing to risk pain to make a boring life interesting. ↗

— Peter Kreeft

#catholicism #christianity #jesus-shock #philosophy #pleasure

The joy of giving is indeed a pleasure, especially when you get rid of something you don't want. ↗

— Frank Butler

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To me, being an intellectual doesn't mean knowing about intellectual issues; it means taking pleasure in them. ↗

— Jacob Bronowski

#being #intellectual #issues #knowing #me

When one has the feeling of dislike for evil, when one feels tranquil, one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings; when one has these feelings and appreciates them, one is free of fear. ↗

— Buddha

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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it. ↗

— Ovid

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The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible. ↗

— Gore Vidal

#able #buying #cars #drafts #finding

People think I take some sort of masochistic pleasure out of putting out music that's gonna be unpopular. ↗

— Billy Corgan

#i #masochistic #music #out #people

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling. ↗

— Pierre Corneille

#disdain #few #generous #having #pleasures