Quote by William Burroughs
Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. - William Burroughs

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief. – William Burroughs

Other quotes by William Burroughs

Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning. – William Burroughs

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Happiness
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This is a war universe. War all the time. That is its nature. There may be other universes based on all sorts of other principles, but ours seems to be based on war and games. – William Burroughs

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Nature
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Other Quotes from
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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Pleasure

Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. Proverbs 9:17 – Bible

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Pleasure

We enjoy the process far more than the proceeds. – Warren Buffett

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Pleasure

In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. – Cicero

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Pleasure

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I look at Jagger and the like and if I see a good attitude Ill admire it but I wouldnt copy their style. – Michael Hutchence

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Attitude

Woman is fine for her own satisfaction alone. No man will admire her the more, no woman will like her the better for it. Neatness and fashion are enough for the former, and a something of shabbiness or impropriety will be most endearing to the latter. – Jane Austen

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alone

I do not think it is an exaggeration to say history is largely a history of inflation, usually inflations engineered by governments for the gain of governments. – Friedrich August von Hayek

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History

You see so many earnest characters in movies all the time, everyone has a purpose. – Joaquin Phoenix

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movies