#pleasure

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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We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure. ↗

— Carly Simon

#deny #now #ourselves #period #physically

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

— Richard Steele

#pleasure #praise #praiseworthy #receiving

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

— Gertrude Stein

#better #different #does #get #older

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it. ↗

— Stendhal

#often #pleasure #spoiled

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

— Stendhal

#fears #love #our #pleasures #proportion

I like to compare the holiday season with the way a child listens to a favorite story. The pleasure is in the familiar way the story begins, the anticipation of familiar turns it takes, the familiar moments of suspense, and the familiar climax and ending. ↗

— Fred Rogers

#begins #child #climax #compare #ending

If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable. ↗

— Donald Trump

#balancing #instead #interested #make #more

The vocabulary of pleasure depends on the imagery of pain. ↗

— Marina Warner

#imagery #pain #pleasure #vocabulary

In the lexicon of the political class, the word "sacrifice" means that the citizens are supposed to mail even more of their income to Washington so that the political class will not have to sacrifice the pleasure of spending it. ↗

— George Will

#class #even #income #mail #means