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Quote by Jane Austen
One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other

One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. – Jane Austen

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You mistake me, my dear. I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these twenty years at least. – Jane Austen

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Nothing is more deceitful than the appearance of humility. It is often only carelessness of opinion, and sometimes an indirect boast. – Jane Austen

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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. – Jane Austen

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Pleasure
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Pleasure is continually disappointed, reduced, deflated, in favor of strong, noble values: Truth, Death, Progress, Struggle, Joy, etc. Its victorious rival is Desire: we are always being told about Desire, never about Pleasure. – Roland Barthes

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We can often endure an extra pound of pain far more easily than we can suffer the withdrawal of an ounce of accustomed pleasure. – Sydney J. Harris

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Hark ye of little pleasure! See your way clearly as your destiny reveals its truth! Seek not completion lest your touch be forever dismissed! – My wordfriend, the always conversationally frisky Tim Irwin, 2014

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When will pleasure crash with regret? – Terri Guillemets

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