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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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It is the ability to take a joke, not make one, that proves you have a sense of humor. – 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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Men may scoff, and men may pray, but they pay every pleasure with a pain. – William Henley

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A fool bolts pleasure, then complains of moral indigestion. – Minna Antrim

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No pleasure endures unseasoned by variety. – Publilius Syrus

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Pleasure and discipline need to stay close friends. – Terri Guillemets

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