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Letter "S" » satiety
«Extremes, though contrary, have the like effects. Extreme heat kills, and so extreme cold: extreme love breeds satiety, and so extreme hatred; and too violent rigor tempts chastity, as does too much license.»
«God is day and night, winter and summer, war and peace, satiety and want»
«Satiety is a neighbor to continued pleasures.»
«Satiety is a mongrel that barks at the heels of plenty.»
«SATIETY, n. The feeling that one has for the plate after he has eaten its contents, madam.»
«FICKLENESS, n. The iterated satiety of an enterprising affection.»
«Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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«In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures»
«Satiety comes of too frequent repetition; and he who will not give himself leisure to be thirsty can never find the true pleasure of drinking»