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

— Robert M. Parker, Jr.

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I was surrounded by friends, my work was immense, and pleasures were abundant. Life, now, was unfolding before me, constantly and visibly, like the flowers of summer that drop fanlike petals on eternal soil. Overall, I was happiest to be alone; for it was then I was most aware of what I possessed. Free to look out over the rooftops of the city. Happy to be alone in the company of friends, the company of lovers and strangers. Everything, I decided, in this life, was pure pleasure. ↗

— Roman Payne

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But I owe it to the subject to say, that it has long afforded me what philosophy is so often thought, and made, barren of - the fun of discovery, the pleasures of co-operation, and the satisfaction of reaching agreement. ↗

— J. L. Austin

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God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! ↗

— Charles Dickens

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Sinful and forbidden pleasures are like poisoned bread; they may satisfy appetite for the moment, but there is death in them at the end. ↗

— Tryon Edwards

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Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none. ↗

— David Brainerd

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Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures. ↗

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation. ↗

— Francois Fenelon

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Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

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