#pleasure

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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There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy. ↗

— Richard Steele

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One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. ↗

— Stendhal

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The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears. ↗

— Stendhal

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Pain is filtered in a poem so that it becomes finally, in the end, pleasure. ↗

— Mark Strand

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The cast, led by the extraordinary Jennifer Lawrence, is absolutely wonderful across the board. It's such a pleasure to see how they've embodied the characters and brought them to life. ↗

— Suzanne Collins

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I've got to be honest, there's no pleasure when you're working. ↗

— Dana Plato

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