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This self-love is the instrument of our preservation; it resembles the provision for the perpetuity of mankind: it is necessary, it is dear to us, it gives us pleasure, and we must conceal it. (Quote by - Voltaire)


Why not seize the pleasure at once, how often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparations. (Quote by - Jane Austen)


No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety (Quote by - Publilius Syrus)


There is no pleasure to me without communication: there is not so much as a sprightly thought comes into my mind that it does not grieve me to have produced alone, and that I have no one to tell it to. (Quote by - Michel de Montaigne)


The great danger for family life, in the midst of any society whose idols are pleasure, comfort and independence, lies in the fact that people close their hearts and become selfish. (Quote by - Pope John Paul II)


Pride is pleasure arising from a man's thinking too highly of himself. (Quote by - Baruch Spinoza)


Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties, passing from one step of success to another, forming new wishes and seeing them gratified. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)


There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge. (Quote by - Bertrand Russell)


The truth is that we can learn to condition our minds, bodies, and emotions to link pain or pleasure to whatever we choose By changing what we link pain and pleasure to, we will instantly change our behaviors. (Quote by - Tony Robbins)


I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. (Quote by - John D. Rockefeller)


Pleasure and freedom from pain, are the only things desirable as ends. (Quote by - John Stuart Mill)


We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain. (Quote by - Saint Augustine)


The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride. (Quote by - Martin Luther)


The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business. (Quote by - Aaron Burr)


The greatest pleasure when I started making money was not buying cars or yachts but finding myself able to have as many freshly typed drafts as possible. (Quote by - Gore Vidal)



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