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There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of pleasure. – Max Eastman

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A smile is the universal welcome. – Max Eastman

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The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. – Max Eastman

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Humor is the instinct for taking pain playfully. – Max Eastman

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In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. – Cicero

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

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