Quote by Max Eastman
There is something self-defeating in the too-conscious pursuit of

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

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Dogs laugh, but they laugh with their tails. What puts man in a higher state of evolution is that he has got his laugh on the right end. – Max Eastman

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The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face them. – Max Eastman

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No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. – Publilius Syrus

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Human beings need pleasure the way they need vitamins. – Lionel Tiger

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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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Pleasure is the bait of sin. – Plato

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