#pleasure

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is. ↗

— William Jay

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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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There's only one test of a great children's book, or a great children's film, and that is this: If it can be read or viewed with pleasure by adults, then it has the chance to be a great children's film, or a great children's book. ↗

— Chuck Jones

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It's about the pleasure of being in the mountains, traveling efficiently over the terrain, having that sense of dynamic motion which you don't get when you're on foot. ↗

— Michael Kennedy

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Marriage is the miracle that transforms a kiss from a pleasure into a duty. ↗

— Helen Rowland

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The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions. ↗

— Georges Rouault

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Take from the philosopher the pleasure of being heard and his desire for knowledge ceases. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Every now and then I read a poem that does touch something in me, but I never turn to poetry for solace or pleasure in the way that I throw myself into prose. ↗

— J. K. Rowling

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There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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