Pleasure Quotes
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Leisure of itself gives pleasure and happiness and enjoyment of life, which are experienced, not by the busy man, but by those who have leisure.
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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
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Where perception is, there also are pain and pleasure, and where these are, there, of necessity, is desire.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love.
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I like 'Glee' a lot. It's kind of like my guilty pleasure.
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The belief that we are defending the highest good of the mothers of our race and the ultimate welfare of society makes every sacrifice seem trivial, every duty a pleasure.
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Despite all the criticisms that have been leveled at the comics community, both in terms of fans and creators, I have always felt more comfortable and accepted in the comics community than I have in any other medium of publishing that I've had the pleasure of working in.
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There is little that gives children greater pleasure than when a grown-up lets himself down to their level, renounces his oppressive superiority and plays with them as an equal.
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There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it.
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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil.
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Milk every moment for all the pleasure you can get from it.
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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
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It is only shallow people who require years to get rid of an emotion. A man who is master of himself can end a sorrow as easily as he can invent a pleasure. I don't want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.
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Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do it solely for his own pleasure, he is not an artist at all.
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Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
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The body sins once, and has done with its sin, for action is a mode of purification. Nothing remains then but the recollection of a pleasure, or the luxury of a regret.
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The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived.
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What consoles one nowadays is not repentance but pleasure. Repentance is quite out of date.
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If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture...In a house, we all feel of the proper proportions. Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure.
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Pleasure without Champagne is purely artificial.
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Pleasure causes us to do base actions and pain causes us to abstain from doing noble actions.
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You cannot prove to yourself that you love God by examining your feelings toward Him. They are indefinite and they fluctuate. But just as far as you obey Him, just so far, depend upon it; you love Him. It is not natural to us sinful, ungrateful beings to prefer His pleasure to our own or to follow His way instead of our own way, and nothing, nothing but love of Him can or does make us obedient to Him.