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Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.
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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
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We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by hope, obstructed by danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure.
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His [David Garrick's] death has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
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"I fly from pleasure," said the prince, "because pleasure has ceased to please; I am lonely because I am miserable, and am unwilling to cloud with my presence the happiness of others."
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There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary alike of pleasures and of cares; that the powerful and the weak, the celebrated and obscure, join in one common wish, and implore from nature's hand the nectar of oblivion.
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Be a sinner and sin strongly, but more strongly have faith and rejoice in Christ.
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Born:
September 18, 1709
Died:
December 13, 1784
(aged 75)
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