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Epicurus2 quotes
Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily. — Epicurus · 240It is impossible to live pleasurably without living wisely, well, and justly, and impossible to live wisely, well and justly without living pleasurably. — Epicurus · 240Benjamin Franklin1 quote
Many a Man thinks he is buying Pleasure, when he is really selling himself a slave to it. — Benjamin Franklin · 1750Daniel Defoe1 quote
Pleasure is a thief to business. — Daniel Defoe · 1726Dr. 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 · 1975Fyodor Dostoevsky1 quote
In despair there are the most intense enjoyments, especially when one is very acutely conscious of the hopelessness of one's position. — Fyodor Dostoevsky · 1865John Dryden1 quote
For all the happiness Mankind can gain
Is not in pleasure, but in rest from pain. — John Dryden · 1665Juvenal1 quote
The less we indulge our pleasures the more we enjoy them. — Juvenal · 127Lord Byron1 quote
Pleasure's a sin, and sometimes sin's a pleasure. — Lord Byron · 1819Robert Burns1 quote
But pleasures are like poppies spread,
You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed,
Or like the snow falls in the river,
A moment white - then melts for ever. — Robert Burns · 1791