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But my estimates, for instance, based upon book information, were simply ridiculous, fanciful images of African attractions were soon dissipated, anticipated pleasures vanished, and all crude ideas began to resolve themselves into shape. ↗

— Henry Morton Stanley

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If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual. ↗

— Robertson Davies

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I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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It is books that teach us to refine our pleasures when young, and to recall them with satisfaction when we are old. ↗

— Leigh Hunt

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Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove, That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. ↗

— Christopher Marlowe

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Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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Our works and our play. All our pleasures experienced as the pleasure of love. What could be better that? To feel in one's work the tender and flushed substance of one's dearest concern. ↗

— Mary Richards

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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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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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Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ↗

— Joshua L. Liebman

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