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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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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

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

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Pleasure

Fun I love, but too much fun is of all things the most loathsome. Mirth is better than fun, and happiness is better than mirth. – Thomas Carlyle

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Pleasure

I am pretty sure that, if you will be quite honest, you will admit that a good rousing sneeze, one that tears open your collar and throws your hair into your eyes, is really one of lifes sensational pleasures. – Robert Benchley

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Pleasure

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