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Letter "P" » pleasures
«The art of life lies in taking pleasures as they pass, and the keenest pleasures are not intellectual, nor are they always moral.»
«Tea and books - Mmmmmm, two of life's exquisite pleasures that together bring near-bliss.»
«Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.»
«Service which is rendered without joy helps neither the servant nor the served. But all other pleasures and possessions pale into nothingness before service which is rendered in a spirit of joy.»
Author: Mohandas Gandhi
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Keywords:
helps,
nothingness,
pale,
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paling,
pleasures,
possessions,
rendered,
servant,
served,
The Servant
«One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy - whether he knows it or not.»
«Strange how a teapot Can represent at the same time The comforts of solitude And the pleasures of company»
«Religions, which condemn the pleasures of sense, drive men to seek the pleasures of power. Throughout history power has been the vice of the ascetic.»
Author: Bertrand Russell
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Logician,
Philosopher)
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Keywords:
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history,
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power,
religions,
seek,
sense,
The Vice,
throughout,
vice
«Sensual pleasures have the fleeting brilliance of a comet; a happy marriage has the tranquility of a lovely sunset.»
Author: Ann Landers
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Advice columnist)
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Keywords:
brilliance,
comet,
Comets,
fleeting,
fleets,
lovelier,
lovely,
marriage,
pleasures,
sensual,
sunset,
sunsets,
The Fleet,
tranquility
«The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.»
«Simple pleasures are always the last refuge of the complex»