#pleasures

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

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However, the difficulties and pleasures of the writing itself are similar for a novel with a historical setting and a novel with a contemporary setting, as far as I'm concerned. ↗

— Helen Dunmore

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In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed. ↗

— Khalil Gibran

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A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering. ↗

— G. I. Gurdjieff

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Fresh air is good if you do not take too much of it; most of the achievements and pleasures of life are in bad air. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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I despise making the most of one's time. Half of the pleasures of life consist of the opportunities one has neglected. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures. ↗

— Mason Cooley

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One of the pleasures of being a Jew, I don't have to tell you, it allows you anti-Semitism. ↗

— Joseph Epstein

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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. ↗

— Epictetus

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