#pleasure

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

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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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There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved. ↗

— Thomas Fuller

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Objects we ardently pursue bring little happiness when gained; most of our pleasures come from unexpected sources. ↗

— Herbert Spencer

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People who have been made to suffer by certain things cannot be reminded of them without a horror which paralyses every other pleasure, even that to be found in reading a story. ↗

— Stendhal

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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

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My whole life is geared to play guitar. I play what I want when I want and I hope the listener gets as much pleasure listening to the music as I get playing it. ↗

— Jim Sullivan

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It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

#clear #gain #order #pain #pleasure

What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim. ↗

— William Shenstone

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