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“Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.”

“Judges of elegance and taste consider themselves as benefactors to the human race, whilst they are really only the interrupters of their pleasure ... There is no taste which deserves the epithet good, unless it be the taste for such employments which, to the pleasure actually produced by them, conjoin some contingent or future utility: there is no taste which deserves to be characterized as bad, unless it be a taste for some occupation which has mischievous tendency.”

Humans Pleasure Race Judging Taste Deserve Tendencies Employment Human Race Occupation Elegance Utility Mischievous Benefactors Epithet

Book:The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence of His Executor, John Bowring ...

Source: The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected: Under the Superintendence of His Executor, John Bowring ...

“We are all environmentalists now, but we are not all planetists. An environmentalist realizes that nature has its pleasures and deserves respect. A planetist puts the earth ahead of the earthlings.”

Earth Realizing Pleasure Deserve Environmentalist

Author:William Safire

“Remind yourself of your reasons for living. You have a future worth enduring for, and you deserve to have a renewed sense of purpose and pleasure in your life.”

Reason Purpose Pleasure Deserve Endure Grieving

Author:Karen Katafiasz

“Friendship may well deserve the sacrifice of pleasure, though not of conscience.”

Wells May Pleasure Sacrifice Conscience Deserve

Book:The Rambler: In Four Volumes

Source: The Rambler: In Four Volumes

“In my heart there may be doubt that I deserve the Nobel award over other men of letters whom I hold in respect and reverence, but there is no question of my pleasure and pride in having it for myself.”

Men Heart May Pleasure Doubt Pride My Heart Deserve Letters Awards Reverence Nobel

Book:America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction

Source: America and Americans and Selected Nonfiction