#plea

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Exposing any subject that is unpleasant or controversial means risking judgment and making some people feel uncomfortable.


Carre Otis


#controversial #exposing #feel #judgment #making

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.


Marcus Tullius Cicero


#greatest #greatest pleasures #narrowly #only #pleasures

Ask him why there are hypocrites in the world.' 'Because it is hard to bear the happiness of others.' 'When are we happy?' 'When we desire nothing and realize that possession is only momentary, and so are forever playing.' 'What is regret?' 'To realize that one has spent one's life worrying about the future.' 'What is sorrow?' 'To long for the past.' 'What is the highest pleasure?' 'To hear a good story.


Vikram Chandra


#hinduism #pleasure #poetry #sorrow #life

It is true, Monsieur," Raoule went on, shrugging her shoulders, "that I have had lovers in my life as I have books in my library, to know, to study. But I have had no passion, I have not written my own book yet! I always found myself alone when we were two. One is not weak when one remains master of one's self in the midst of the most stupefying pleasures.


Rachilde


#lust #passion #pleasure #life

It was there, in particular, that I confirmed the truth that love, which we cry up as the source of our pleasures, is nothing more than an excuse for them.


Pierre Choderlos de Laclos


#love #pleasure #love

Our pleasures are not material pleasures, but symbols of pleasure – attractively packaged but inferior in content.


Alan Wilson Watts


#material #pleasure #stuff #capitalism

It is a known fact that pain and pleasure are the two most basic elements of life. But the secret is to simplify that fact.


Bauvard


#humor #life #pain #pleasure #sadomasochism

Senses empower limitations, senses expand vision within borders, senses promote understanding through pleasure.


Dejan Stojanovic


#dejan-stojanovic #empowerment #limitations #literature #literature-quotes

Go where the pain is, go where the pleasure is.


Anne Rice


#pain #pleasure #writing #writing-advice #writing-advice

They say sarcasm is the lowest form of wit," Valkyrie said. China glanced at her. "They've obviously never met me.


Derek Landy


#humor #sarcasm #skuldugerry-pleasant #wit #humor