#pleasure

A string of excited, fugitive, miscellaneous pleasures is not happiness; happiness resides in imaginative reflection and judgment, when the picture of one's life, or of human life, as it truly has been or is, satisfies the will, and is gladly accepted. ↗

— George Santayana

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The philosophy of the common man is an old wife that gives him no pleasure, yet he cannot live without her, and resents any aspersions that strangers may cast on her character. ↗

— George Santayana

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As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored. ↗

— Compay Segundo

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Happiness is different from pleasure. Happiness has something to do with struggling and enduring and accomplishing. ↗

— George A. Sheehan

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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return. ↗

— James Russell Lowell

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I enjoy my work. I haven't been an actor for 30 years without getting pleasure out of the profession. ↗

— Bela Lugosi

#been #enjoy #getting #haven #i

I'm a total pleasure seeker. I pursue anything that satisfies me. I usually get it. I have specific needs and I know what they are so I can achieve satisfaction. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

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If people could understand how much pleasure they could have by themselves, I think everyone would be a lot saner. I think that people really need a dose of quality time with one's self. ↗

— Lydia Lunch

#dose #everyone #how #i #i think

The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride. ↗

— Martin Luther

#pleasure #pride #riches #world

The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators. ↗

— Thomas B. Macaulay

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