#pleasure

Man is not constituted to take pleasure in the same things always. ↗

— Sophocles

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There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries. ↗

— Sophocles

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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. ↗

— Sigmund Freud

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Hoist up sail while gale doth last, Tide and wind stay no man's pleasure. ↗

— Robert Southwell

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People only have guilty pleasures when they crowbar pleasure down their throat all the time and then they reach for the brownies. Then you should feel guilty because you're killing your body and that's something to be guilty about. ↗

— Hal Sparks

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I would say that the surest measure of a man's or a woman's maturity is the harmony, style, joy, and dignity he creates in his marriage, and the pleasure and inspiration he provides for his spouse. ↗

— Benjamin Spock

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I am a gourmand. I like to eat. When I have something that I like, I tend to have too much of it. That is a guilty pleasure. ↗

— Joel Robuchon

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The rare pleasure of being seen for what one is, compensates for the misery of being it. ↗

— Margaret Drabble

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Novelty is the great parent of pleasure. ↗

— Robert South

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Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age. ↗

— Giacomo Leopardi

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