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
category

When pleasure interferes with business, give up business. – Proverb

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Pleasure

The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business. – Aaron Burr

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Pleasure

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount. – Joseph Addison

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Pleasure

Pleasure is the bait of sin. – Plato

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Pleasure

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Some of the FDAs own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDAs actions. – Joseph Crowley

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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment. – Seneca

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Belief

My knowledge of science came from being with Carl, not from formal academic training. Carl gave me a thrilling tutorial in science and math that lasted the 20 years we were together. – Ann Druyan

Category:
Knowledge

The arbitrary rule of a just and enlightened prince is always bad. His virtues are the most dangerous and the surest form of seduction: they lull a people imperceptibly into the habit of loving, respecting, and serving his successor, whoever that successor may be, no matter how wicked or stupid. – Denis Diderot

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Tyranny