The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.
Mind and body obstruct one another's pleasures.
Today self-consciousness no longer means anything but reflection on the ego as embarrassment, as realization of impotence: knowing that one is nothing.
Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.
The enjoyment we get from something is powerfully influenced by what we think that thing really is. This is true for intellectual pleasures, such as the appreciation of paintings and stories, and it is true as well for pleasures that seem simpler and more animalistic, such as the satisfaction of hunger and lust.
Pleasures take to themselves wings and fly away; true knowledge remains forever.
The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.
The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
Habit converts luxurious enjoyments into dull and daily necessities.
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