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Aristotle1 quote
The prudent man aspires not to pleasure, but to the absence of pain. — Aristotle · 322 BCBenjamin Franklin1 quote
Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Dr. Frank-N-Furter1 quote
Give yourself over to absolute pleasure. Swim the warm waters of sins of the flesh, erotic nightmares beyond any measure, and sensual daydreams to treasure forever. Can't you just see it? — Dr. Frank-N-Furter · 1975Epicurus1 quote
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. — Epicurus · 240