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Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

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Pains of love be sweeter far than all other pleasures are. ↗

— John Dryden

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Our pleasures were simple - they included survival. ↗

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none. ↗

— David Brainerd

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Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible. ↗

— William Feather

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This sense of power is the highest and best of pleasures when the belief on which it is founded is a true belief, and has been fairly earned by investigation. ↗

— William Kingdon Clifford

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Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains. ↗

— Democritus

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If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. ↗

— Elbert Hubbard

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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles. ↗

— Joseph Joubert

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The habit of reading is the only enjoyment in which there is no alloy; it lasts when all other pleasures fade. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

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