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Dieu pardonerra; c’est son métier; God forgives you — it’s his thing. *for contrast -
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All men who live only according to their five senses, and seek nothing beyond the gratification of their natural appetites for pleasure and reputation and power, cut themselves off from that charity w... -
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I walked a mile with Pleasure; She chattered all the way. But left me none the wiser For all she had to say. I walked a mile with Sorrow And ne'er a word said she; But oh, the things I learned fro... -
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Lenten practices of giving up pleasures are good reminders that the purpose of life is not pleasure. The purpose of life is to attain to perfect life, all truth and undying ecstatic love – which is th... -
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"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered…What it will be when I remember it as I lie down to die, what it makes in me all my days till then-that is the real meeting. The other is only... -
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We aim for happiness but we settle for pleasure…which is only momentary. -
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An ever increasing craving for an ever diminishing pleasure is the formula. -
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Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably. -
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Is any pleasure on earth as great as a circle of Christian friends by a fire?" -
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Sensual pleasures are like soap-bubbles, sparkling, evanescent. The pleasures of intellect are calm, beautiful, sublime, ever enduring and climbing upward to the borders of the unseen world. -
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I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found. -
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Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs. -
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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it. -
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[Maturity is] the ability to delay gratification. Delaying gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing t... -
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The church is often called a killjoy for protesting against sexual license. But the real killing of joy comes with the grabbing of pleasure. As with credit card usage. the price tag is hidden at the s... -
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Every human activity, except sin, can be done for God's pleasure, if you do it with an attitude of praise. -
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Pleasures are like poppies spread: You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed. -
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Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks. -
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How singular is the thing called pleasure and how curiously related to pain, which might be thought to be the opposite of it . . . yet he who pursues either is generally compelled to take the other; t... -
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Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. -
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Work is so foundational to our makeup that it is one of the few things we can take in significant doses without harm. Indeed, the Bible does not say we should work one day and rest six or that work an... -
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Pursuit of the good life will not help humanity save itself, nor is democracy alone enough…A turning to and seeking of . . . God, is needed. The human race constantly forgets, that he is not God. -
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You and I were created for more than filling up our schedules with the self-satisfying pursuits of personal pleasure. -
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Do not bite at the bait of pleasure, till you know there is no hook beneath it.
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