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“The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived”
Oscar Wilde
“Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Tell me what gives a man or woman their greatest pleasure and I'll tell you their philosophy of life.”
Dale Carnegie
“It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover.”
Marge Piercy
“Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.”
“Pleasure is the object, duty and the goal of all rational creatures.”
Voltaire
“People have a peculiar pleasure in making converts, that is, in causing others to enjoy what they enjoy, thus finding their own likeness represented and reflected back to them.”
“The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.”
Samuel Butler
“The pleasure of life is according to the man who lives it, and not according to the work or the place”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved”
Thomas Fuller