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“I go to work as others rush to see their mistresses, and when I leave, I take back with me to my solitude, or in the midst of the distractions that I pursue, a charming memory that does not in the least resemble the troubled pleasure of lovers.”

Doe Memories Pleasure Lovers Solitude Pursue Midst Distraction Charming Mistress

Author:Eugene Delacroix

“But it is evident, that these bursts of universal distress are more dreaded than felt; thousands and ten thousands flourish in youth, and wither in age, without the knowledge of any other than domestic evils, and share the same pleasures and vexations, whether their kings are mild or cruel, whether the armies of their country pursue their enemies or retreat before them.”

Country Age Evil Felt Pleasure Enemy Share Youth Kings Ten Universal Army Pursue Distress Evident Retreat

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“That which especially distinguishes a high order of man from a low order of man, that which constitutes human goodness, human nobleness, is surely not the degree of enlightenment with which men pursue their own advantage; but it is self-forgetfulness; it is self-sacrifice; it is the disregard of personal pleasure, personal indulgence, personal advantage, remote or present, because some other line of conduct is more right.”

Men Humans Self Order Lines Pleasure Sacrifice Goodness Degrees Lows Enlightenment Advantage Pursue Indulgence Disregard Forgetfulness Self Sacrifice Self Forgetfulness

Author:James Anthony Froude

“That man alone loves himself rightly who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence and so pursues pleasure as not to give for it more than it is worth.”

Men Giving Whole Pleasure Existence Pursue One Love

Book:Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818

“In a nation committed to better living through chemistry - where Viagra-enabled men pursue silicone-contoured women - the national pastime has a problem of illicit chemical enhancement. Steroids threaten the health of the 5 percent to 7 percent of players proved, by a mild regime of scheduled tests, to be using them. Steroids also endanger emulative young people. Further, steroids subvert what baseball is selling - fair competition. And they strike at the pleasure of engagement with America's team sport with the longest history.”

Source: One Man's America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation

“I pursue pleasure, but stingily, suspiciously.”

Pleasure Pursue

Author:Mason Cooley

“I consider it equal injustice to set our heart against natural pleasures and to set our heart too much on them. We should neither pursue them, nor flee them; we should accept them.”

Should Heart Natural Pleasure Accepting Too Much Equal Injustice Pursue

Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays

“Variety's the source of joy below, From whence still fresh-revolving pleasures flow, In books and love the mind one end pursues, And only change the expiring flames renews.”

Mind Stills Book Ends Joy Pleasure Source Flow And Love Pursue Variety Flames Revolving

Book:The Poetical Works of John Gay: With a Life of the Author

Source: The Poetical Works of John Gay: With a Life of the Author