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I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society tha

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly as a test of value. – Rebecca West

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Now different races and nationalities cherish different ideals of society that stink in each others nostrils with an offensiveness beyond the power of any but the most monstrous private deed. – Rebecca West

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Ideology
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Everyone realizes that one can believe little of what people say about each other. But it is not so widely realized that even less can one trust what people say about themselves. – Rebecca West

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Trust
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There is no wider gulf in the universe than yawns between those on the hither and thither side of vital experience. – Rebecca West

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

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

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He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man. – Bible

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The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. – Germaine Greer

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