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"One of the pleasures of travel is to dive into places where others are compelled to live and come out unscathed, full of the malicious pleasure of abandoning them to their fate."
"Tomorrow is a thief of pleasure."
"Pleasure is the bait of sin"
"Good company, lively conversation, and the endearments of friendship fill the mind with great pleasure."
"Do not be in a hurry to rush into the pleasures of the world like the young antelope who danced herself lame when the main dance was yet to come."
"The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains."
"The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears."
"It is harder to fight pleasure than to fight emotion."
"The pleasure that is in sorrow is sweeter than the pleasure of pleasure itself."
"The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you."
"When a man cannot find meaning, he numbs himself with pleasure."
"Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression."
"The game replaces sexual enjoyment by pleasure in movement."
"An object of art creates a public capable of finding pleasure in its beauty. Production, therefore, not only produces an object for the subject, but also a subject for the object."
"...when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure."
"What is learned without pleasure is forgotten without remorse."
"Thou hast made me endless, such is thy pleasure. This frail vessel thou emptiest again and again, and fillest it ever with fresh life."
"Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy."
"Plan for pleasure for each and every day."
"Let not the enjoyment of pleasures now within your grasp, be carried to such excess as to incapacitate you from future repetition."
