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The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, ...

The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about absent, proudness, vanity, ignorance, present

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure...

Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.

Quote by Seneca about pleasure, present, future

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering...

For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave nothing that claims a tear.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about sadness, past, nothing

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of...

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other.

Quote by Jane Austen about world

Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!

Quote by Charles Darwin about happiness, christmas, childhood, quiet, youth, day, home, old, olderness, man

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest...

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from...

The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating...

No sane man can afford to dispense with debilitating pleasures, no ascetic can be considered reliably sane.

Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about man

Old age is the supreme evil, for it deprives man of all pleasures while allowing his appetites to remain, and it brings with it every possible sorrow. Yet men fear death and desire old age.

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about olderness, age, old, sadness, man, fear, death

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then...

First our pleasures die - and then our hopes, and then our fears - and when these are dead, the debt is due dust claims dust - and we die too.

Quote by Percy Bysshe Shelley about life

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission...

Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.

Quote by Madonna about poverty, permission, man

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

The pleasures of love are always in proportion to our fears.

Quote by Stendhal about love

To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.

To torture a man you have to know his pleasures.

Quote by Stanis³aw Lem about people, man

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