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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

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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William Burroughs
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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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Pleasure
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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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Pleasure

Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. – William Henley

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Pleasure

A life of pleasure makes even the strongest mind frivolous at last. – Edward George Bulwer-Lytton

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Pleasure

The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain. – Aristotle

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