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Pleasure and pain2 quotes
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Nature has placed mankind under the governance of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure. It is for them alone to point out what we ought to do, as well as to determine what we shall do. — Jeremy Bentham · 1789Happiness1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Pain1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Pleasure1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665