#pleasures

To torture a man you have to know his pleasures. ↗

— Stanislaw Lem

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

— C. S. Lewis

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No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures. No ascetic can be considered reliably sane. ↗

— A. J. Liebling

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Of course there are big differences in length and character and vocabulary, but each level has its particular pleasures when it comes to the words one can use and the way one uses them. ↗

— Margaret Mahy

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Old age has its pleasures, which, though different, are not less than the pleasures of youth. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Pleasures flit by - they are only for yourself; work leaves a mark of long-lasting joy, work is for others. ↗

— Dmitri Mendeleev

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It's true Heaven forbids some pleasures, but a compromise can usually be found. ↗

— Moliere

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True, Heaven prohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise. ↗

— Moliere

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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up. ↗

— Malcolm Muggeridge

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I'd like, each time out as a writer, to reinvent who I am and what I'm doing. That's one of the great pleasures and rewards of the occupation. ↗

— Richard Powers

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