Pleasure
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Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it
All the arts of pleasure grow when suckled by freedom
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures
If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains
That pleasure which can be safely indulged in is the least inviting
Pleasure is often the introduction to pain
There is no such thing as pure pleasure; some anxiety always goes with it
Pleasure itself is not a vice
Men seldom give pleasure when they are not pleased themselves
The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes of future felicity... the natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope
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