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The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them. — Juvenal

Poem

The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them.

In the original Latin

Voluptates commendat rarior usus.

Juvenal
Satires · 127
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Topic
Self-indulgencePleasure
Statement type
Paradox
Medium
Poem
Time
127Classical antiquity
Person
Juvenal
Provenance
Current citation
Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 11.
Original citation
Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 11.

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