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“Happy?" asked Aquilina, with dreadful look, and a smile full of pity and terror. "Ah, you do not know what it is to be condemned to a life of pleasure.”

Book:The Wild Ass's Skin

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The Wild Ass's Skin

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“Let an illness, a duel, a runaway horse make us see death face to face, and how richly we should have enjoyed the life of pleasure, the travels in unknown lands, which are about to be snatched from us! And no sooner is the danger past than we resume once more the same dull life in which none of those delights existed for us.”

Life Death Pleasure Pleasures Of Life

Book:The Captive / The Fugitive

Source: The Captive / The Fugitive

“In the absence of a story or foundation that gives hope or meaning, life has become a never-ending quest for pleasure and experience. Instead of being good, people want to feel good.”

Faith Hope Pleasure Meaning Story

Book:The Vertical Self

Source: The Vertical Self

“The vanities of life:pleasure, possession, position and power.”

Source: Think Great: Be Great!

“I, while the gods laugh, the world's vortex am; Maelström of passions in that hidden sea Whose waves of all-time lap the coasts of me; And in small compass the dark waters cram. - I, While the Gods Laugh, the World's Vortex Am”

Philosophy Passion Sea Gods

Book:Collected Poems

Source: Collected Poems

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