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"There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still."
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"Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England."
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"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."
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"Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought. Our brightest blazes are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks."
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"I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing."
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"Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable."
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"What leads to unhappiness, is making pleasure the chief aim."
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"The essence of pleasure is spontaneity."
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"The pleasure that I take in writing gets me interested in writing a poem. It's not a statement about what I think anybody else should be doing. For me, it's an interesting tension between interior and exterior."
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"It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."
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"It might seem unfair to reward a person for having so much pleasure over the years, asking the maize plant to solve specific problems and then watching its responses."
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"The logs of wood which move down the river together Are driven apart by every wave. Such inevitable parting Should not be the cause of misery."
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"There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still."
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"Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain."
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"Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves."
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"If you desire ease, forsake learning."
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"So, to praise others for their virtues can but encourage one's own efforts."
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