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The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. ~
~ Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. ~
~ Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. ~
~ In diving to the bottom of pleasure we bring up more gravel than pearls. ~
~ If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others. ~
~ Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. ~
~ Love is born with the pleasure of looking at each other, it is fed with the necessity of seeing each other, it is concluded with the impossibility of separation.
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~ Illusion is the first of all pleasures. ~
~ Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex ~
~ Joy is never in our power and pleasure often is ~
~ There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. ~
~ Pleasure's couch is virtue's grave. ~